(n.) A vegetable production of many kinds, fragrant or aromatic and pungent to the taste, as pepper, cinnamon, nutmeg, mace, allspice, ginger, cloves, etc., which are used in cookery and to flavor sauces, pickles, etc.
(n.) Figuratively, that which enriches or alters the quality of a thing in a small degree, as spice alters the taste of food; that which gives zest or pungency; a slight flavoring; a relish; hence, a small quantity or admixture; a sprinkling; as, a spice of mischief.
(v. t.) To season with spice, or as with spice; to mix aromatic or pungent substances with; to flavor; to season; as, to spice wine; to spice one's words with wit.
(v. t.) To fill or impregnate with the odor of spices.
(v. t.) To render nice or dainty; hence, to render scrupulous.
Example Sentences:
(1) Spices are widely used for flavouring food and are mostly grown in the tropics.
(2) Patients with duodenal ulcer were more often native from the Magreb and their nutrition was more often rich in spices in comparison to patients with gastric ulcer.
(3) A strong EBV activation activity was observed in aqueous extracts of some Cantonese salted dried fish from China, harissa (a spice mixture) and to a lesser extent qaddid (dry mutton preserved in olive oil) from Tunisia.
(4) The overall population may be exposed to TCE through household cleaning fluids, decaffeinated coffee, and some spice extracts.
(5) I mean, we all taught each other stuff, but she taught us all .” Was that her main role in the Spice Girls?
(6) However, almost anything can be used to blush water into wine: fruits, vegetables, flowers, spices, teabags – whatever you think might taste good.
(7) Almond lamb curry: Atul Kochhar This dish derives its main flavour from a spice blend called vadagam, which can be a little tedious to make.
(8) In Group I (n = 32) a statistically significantly higher % of patients (47%) showed positive reactions to 1 or more spices, compared with 15% in Group II (N = 71).
(9) In our experience the occurrence of urticaria, angioedema or anaphylaxis after meals in Chinese or Indonesian restaurants is more often due to IgE-mediated Type I food allergy, caused by consumption of shrimp, peanut or spices, in particular those of the parsley family (e.g.
(10) The design tool taken into account is the world-wide used electrical simulator SPICE.
(11) Matthew Watson, a scientist at Bristol University and the principal investigator of Spice, told Nature magazine that two scientists involved in the project had not been initially forthcoming that they had submitted patents for technology similar to that used in the project before Spice was proposed.
(12) Manchester United 2-2 Liverpool: the Class of 92, Spice Boys and Cantona’s return Read more He did not do it all by himself – there was considerable assistance from Eric Harrison and other United youth coaches along the way and even a short loan spell at Preston North End played its part – but from the moment Beckham became a first-team regular he appeared fully armed and fully formed.
(13) The only significant association (p less than .01, odds ratio = 15) was found between an attack of cholera and eating laebmoo--an uncooked pork preparation with Thai spices and chili.
(14) An experiment explored how well young, middle-aged, and elderly subjects could discriminate the presence or absence of the spice marjoram in a soup prepared according to a published recipe.
(15) Among the spices, the highest numbers of reactions were found to nutmeg (28%), paprika (19%) and cloves (12%) in the indicator-positive Group I. Fragrance-mix turned out to be a particularly important indicator allergen, especially for paprika, nutmeg and cloves.
(16) I remember standing by the side of the stage, thinking, "I'm about to follow the Spice Girls" and giggling to myself.
(17) Another member of her circle, the rapacious slum landlord Peter Rachman, had himself become a symbol of the greed and materialism of the affluent society, adding more spice to the mix.
(18) The foods were cream, homogenized milk, raw milk, cheese, raw chicken, raw oysters, frozen broccoli, flour, and spices.
(19) One is for loin of pork spiced with green peppercorns.
(20) Add the cashew mixture, spices, salt and tomato puree and stir for 2-3 minutes until thoroughly combined.
Zest
Definition:
(n.) A piece of orange or lemon peel, or the aromatic oil which may be squeezed from such peel, used to give flavor to liquor, etc.
(n.) Hence, something that gives or enhances a pleasant taste, or the taste itself; an appetizer; also, keen enjoyment; relish; gusto.
(n.) The woody, thick skin inclosing the kernel of a walnut.
(v. t.) To cut into thin slips, as the peel of an orange, lemon, etc.; to squeeze, as peel, over the surface of anything.
(v. t.) To give a relish or flavor to; to heighten the taste or relish of; as, to zest wine.
Example Sentences:
(1) Place the blackberries in a bowl and scatter over the caster sugar and orange zest.
(2) With Bournemouth full of zest and defiance, the game zipped by.
(3) Simmer for 2 minutes then stir in the orange zest, orange blossom water and vanilla extract.
(4) Aristapedioid is the result of a P element mediated inversion which juxtaposes unrelated DNA adjacent to Suppressor 2 of zeste, causing a gain of function mutation in that gene.
(5) The predicted zeste protein has an unusual structure including runs of Gln, Ala and alternating Gln Ala.
(6) The retentive properties were compared to those of an I-bar and Zest Anchor retained overdenture.
(7) The zeste gene product is required for transvection effects that imply the ability of regulatory elements on one chromosome to affect the expression of the homologous gene in a somatically paired chromosome.
(8) Using transposons containing a zeste-lacZ gene, we found a corresponding variation in the tissue distribution of zeste from stage to stage.
(9) One man, recently elected, exuded popularity and zest for the future while the other, unelected and soon to be voted out, resorted to weary hubris.
(10) Anna Thomson, Totnes, Devon Serves 4 400g yellow split peas A good glug of olive oil 3-4 garlic cloves, grated or finely chopped ½ tsp each ground cumin and coriander Zest of 1 lemon 2cm piece ginger, grated For the dressing 4 tbsp olive oil Juice of 1 lemon 1 small garlic clove, minced Handful coriander leaves, chopped Sliced red chilli (optional) 1 Rinse and drain the split peas.
(11) (1973) that zeste is the strucural locus for GTP cyclohydrolase.
(12) His greatness will always reside in the manner he combined deep scholarship with a passionate zest for life.
(13) Thus, all of the observations can be accounted for by imagining a dosage-sensitive locus in the zeste-white region that codes for an enzyme involved in the recombination process.
(14) Specific DNA fragments from the white and Ubx gene co-immunoprecipitate with zeste protein.
(15) Di María has this season rediscovered the zest and joy of playing that marked his time at the Bernabéu.
(16) The development of supernumerary bristle precursors induced by the mutation shaggy (sgg; also known as zeste-white 3) was examined in the developing wing blade of imaginal and pupal Drosophila.
(17) 30g unsalted butter 2 tbsp olive oil 2 medium onions, peeled and finely chopped 2 large garlic cloves, peeled and crushed 2 tbsp picked thyme leaves 2 lemons, 1 shaved into long strips of zest and 1 finely grated 300g risotto rice 500g trimmed brussels sprouts, 200g shredded and 300g quartered 200ml dry white wine 900ml vegetable stock Salt and black pepper About 400ml sunflower oil 40g parmesan, roughly grated 60g dolcelatte, broken up into roughly 2cm chunks 10g tarragon, chopped 2 tsp lemon juice Put the butter and olive oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat.
(18) Ruth Joseph and Sarah Nathan, Cardiff, veggischmooze.blogspot.com Makes 10 blintzes 200g plain flour A pinch of salt 50g butter or margarine, melted 25ml olive oil 400ml milk 2 organic free-range eggs A little oil, to fry Icing sugar and sour cream, to serve For the filling 300g soft cheese 15g vanilla sugar Grated zest of ½ lemon 1-2 tbsp lemon juice, to taste Pinch of salt 50g chopped raisins or dried fruit (optional) Icing sugar and sour cream to serve 1 Put all the pancake ingredients apart from the oil and filling in a food processor and whizz.
(19) This activation is dependent on the presence of zeste protein binding sites, as it is not observed with a Ubx promoter lacking these sites or with an Adh promoter.
(20) Before serving, whisk the last 200ml of cream, and then decorate the mousse with whipped cream and lemon balm or caramelised julienne-cut lemon zest: let the zest simmer in a syrup made from equal quantities of sugar and water for 15-20 minutes, and then leave to cool.