07/15/2010

Culinary Dictionary: Letter X

As can be anticipated, letter Y didn’t come with many words. While letter U had many words of Japanese origin, letter X has many of Chinese origin. I chose to only share xia, the word for shrimp.

Xérès: French for sherry wine. Xérès as well as sherry come from the Spanish word Jerez, a region in Spain where sherry is produced.

Xia: Chinese for shrimp.

XXX, XXXX, 10X: A code on the packaging of confectioner’s sugar that indicates how many times it was ground.


Letters A, B, C, D, E , F, G, H , I , J, K, L , M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V and W.

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6 Responses to “Culinary Dictionary: Letter X”

  1. 1

    Bryan — 07/15/2010 @ 10:14 pm

    I have so been waiting for "X" thanks! Every one of those is new to me. I really like this series.

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    Mademoiselle Poirot — 07/16/2010 @ 6:31 am

    Bonjour Nisrine, I thought X would be very difficult, of course I had forgotten about all the chinese food… and I had no idea about that sugar code, it's great, I learn something new every day. I hope you're well and wish you a lovely weekend. Bisous & Love from London x

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    Barbara — 07/16/2010 @ 12:50 pm

    Now that's a tough one, Nisrine! Confectioners sugar was the only one that came to mind, and even that one is usually preceeded with a 4!

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    pierre — 07/17/2010 @ 9:52 am

    j'adore le xeres !! j'utilise aussi le Banyuls excellent !! Pierre

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    Angie's Recipes — 07/18/2010 @ 8:38 am

    I know "Xia" （虾）:-)

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    Cinnamon-Girl — 07/21/2010 @ 12:29 am

    Someone needs to invent more x words for food…!

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