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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.
