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Kahlua - a
coffee-flavored liqueur.
Kaiser Roll - a
large, round yeast roll with a crisp crust, used for making sandwiches
or served as a breakfast roll; also known as a hard roll or Vienna roll.
Kakavia - a Greek
fish soup.
Kasha - a side
dish, like a pasta or rice side dish, served in Eastern Europe. It may
be buckwheat, barley, or millet. Also, cooked buckwheat.
Kebab; Kabob -
minced meat or cubes of meat on a skewer, usually marinated before
cooking.
Kedgeree - an
English breakfast dish brought from India, and made of leftover fish,
rice and hard-boiled eggs.
Kernel - 1. The
softer, usually edible part, contained within the shell of a nut or a
stone of a fruit; also known as the meat. 2. The body of a seed within
its husk or other outer covering. 3. A whole seed grain (ex. wheat and
corn).
Kettle - pot for
boiling liquids. In some regions the word has come to mean a pot with a
handle and a spout for pouring, as a teakettle.
Kidney Bean - a
medium-sized, kidney-shaped bean with a dark red skin, cream-colored
firm flesh and a bland flavor; available fresh, dried and canned; also
know as red kidney bean.
Kielbasa, Kielbasy
- 1. A general term used for most Polish sausages. 2. A Polish sausage
made from pork (with beer sometimes added) flavored with garlic; smoked,
usually precooked and sold in medium to large links; also known as
Polish sausage.
Kipper - fish
cured by splitting, salting, and drying or smoking. A breakfast food in
England, kippered herring is poached, grilled or baked.
Kirsch - a
cherry-flavored liqueur made of black cherries and their pits.
Kisses -
meringues. Also, small chocolate candies roll up in twists of silver
paper.
Kiwi;Kiwi Fruit;Kiwifruti
- a small barrel-shaped fruit (Actinidia sinensis) native to New
Zealand; has a greenish-brown skin covered with fuzz, brilliant green
flesh that becomes more yellow toward the center, many small, edible
black seeds and a sweet-tart flavor; named for the flightless bird of
New Zealand; also known as the Chinese gooseberry.
Knead - to work a
dough by hand or in a mixer to distribute ingredients and develop
gluten.
Knuckle - the
ankle joint of pork, veal, and other meat. It is used in stews and pies
and particularly in soups.
Kofta - a meat
ball popular in the Balkans, the Middle and Far East.
Korma - also,
quoorma. A spicy Pakistani/Indian stew made of mutton and yogurt and
flavored with the spices that go into a curry.
Kosher - food
that conforms to Jewish dietary laws, which were laid down by Moses,
according to Biblical accounts of Hebrew history.
Kulich - a
traditional Russian Easter cake. It is made of sweet bread dough and
candied fruit, baked tall and round like the headgear of a Russian
Orthodox priest.
Kummel - a sweet
liqueur prepared with caraway seed and cumin, made in regions bordering
the eastern coast of the Baltic sea.
