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Jalapeņo - a
short, tapering chile with thick flesh, a moderately hot, green
vegetable flavor and a dark green color (a red version is also
available; it is a green chili that has been allowed to ripen);
available fresh or canned;named for the Mexican city of Jalapa.
Jam - fresh whole
fruit and sugar cooked into a spread that preserves well.
Jambalaya - a
Creole dish of ham, shrimp, crayfish and or sausage (usually chaurice)
cooked with rice, tomatoes, green peppers, onions and seasonings.
Jardiniere -
vegetables cut into strips or a soup containing such vegetables.
Jelly - a clear
preserve of strained fruit juice with sugar. Jelly of another sort is
made by boiling animal or fish bones and tissue.
Jelly Roll - a
thin sponge cake spread with jelly or filling and rolled up.
Jerk - a Jamaican
preparation method in which meats and poultry are marinated in herbs and
spices, then cooked over a pimento (allspice) wood fire; commercial
blends of jerk spices are available.
Jeroboam - an
oversized bottle, generally holding up to 4 quarts.
Jigger - a liquid
measure equal to 1 1/2 fluid ounces.
Johnnycake; Journey Cake
- a classic corn bread unique because the meal is water-ground and made
from white sweet corn.
Joint - to cut;
to cut into pieces at the joint. Also, a British cut of meat for
roasting.
Jug - a stew made
of game meat, particularly hare - jugged hare. The blood of the animal
is used in the stew and it is cooked in a jug or an earthenware pot.
Juice - the
liquid released or squeezed from any raw food, whether animal or
vegetable, but particularly fruit.
Jujube - the
edible fruit of a tropical plant also known as the Chinese date. Also, a
chewy gelatin candy.
Julienne - to
slice food into very thin shreds or strips.
Junket - milk
which has been thickened with rennet, sweetened and is served as
dessert. Also, trade name for a flavored dessert mix including rennet.
