European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 7, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Glossary for latin cuisines by Rose Dosti los Angeles times Verall latin american food products Are becoming More available As the latin population and interest in our neighbors to the South grows. Most products needed Lor cooking mexican and other Lalin american dishes Are widely available in mexican grocery stores and supermarkets throughout the United slates to help you identify the products More readily Here is a glossary of some of the commonly used products for mexican and other latin american cuisines. Ach Lole the pulp made from a Shrub used As a seasoning in Yucatan cooking Bacacao the Spanish word for cod fish which is popular throughout latin America. Bananas bananas Are often substituted for plantains when used in cooking. Banana leaves used to wrap foods for steaming grocery stores carry fresh leaves. Beans a Staple in the mexican diet Many types such As Black Beans Garbanzo Beans also called Chick peas kidney Beans and the traditional red or Pink Pinto Beans Are available. Cassava also known As manioc or Yucca the Root is peeled to use As one would a potato or to add to slews. Cassava is also Fried to make chips. Chayote a Pear shaped roughly ridged Green vegetable is used much like Zucchini. Chiles there Are numerous hot and mild fresh and dried Pepper varieties which Are the Basic seasoning of mexican and other latin cuisine. Here Are some of them found Iresh or dried in markets a Anchor Sweet mild Pickle Type peppers. They Are deep red in color and Are used to produce paprika. California Chile verde a moderately hot fresh Green Chile used for stuffing As in Chiles Rellanos. Jalapeno Small Green Chiles ranging from mild to very hot. Jalapeno pickles Are available Boll fed or canned. Colorado the my a West dried Ted Chiles. Pasillas red or Green Chiles used in Chile sauces. Poblano the mild Chiles similar in size and use to Green peppers. E Serrano very hot Small Green Chilas when picked unripe and red when Ripe. Thuy Are commonly used in pickling. Chill powder the powder form of dried red peppers including Ancho and Pas Fla. Chorizo Tho traditional All pork mexican sausage in Peppery casings. Choc Harronen Fried pork rinds sold in packages in supermarkets and latin american grocery stores. Cilantro the leaves of the coriander Plant also known As fresh coriander or chinese Parsley Are used widely As la adoring and Garnish. Coriander the dried seeds of the coriander Plant Are used in Sweet and Savory dishes. The fresh leaves Are used in cooking or fresh in salads Erma Bombeck cumin ground or whole seeds of a plan in the Parsley family is a Tavoris Flavouring in Many latin dishes. Hoi Pepper sauce the liquid extracted from the pulp of hoi red Chiles used As a condiment Masa known As Masa Marina in markets when it is sold in packages like flour. The reconstituted hour makes a dough used Lor tortillas and tamales. Mexican chocolate labial of chocolate Flavoured with cinnamon and other spices Are used in making a chocolate beverage or sauces opals Tho pads of Cactus which Are eaten As a vegetable. The thorns but not skin Are removed Belore using when fresh. They Are also available canned or pickled be plat pumpkin seeds used to thicken sauces or roasted la eat As snacks. Plantains Palanos in Spanish plantains area tropical banana from a Plant yielding Large discoloured Green banana like fruit which Are eaten As a cooked vegetable or added to slews. Pumpkin seeds see replies tamarind Brown hat curved pods of a leguminous tree that Are used As a Flavouring in beverages and Candy. Tom Tillos the Small Green Tomal Olike vegetable with a papery coat is sold fresh or canned to use in sauces. Tortilla mexican flattened bread made of either wheat or Corn flour. Commonly available in markets. They Are eaten Plain spread with Bullero other suitable spread or wrapped around numerous findings. Tortilla Spanish Melet made with eggs onion potatoes and other ingredients added or not. Anyone we 10 eats out has a ready vocabulary of mexican and other latin american cooking terms and dishes. But if you Ever find yourself groping for the name of a dish hat escapes you. Here is a description of some of them Antle Suchos Peru barbecued beef hearts on a skewer. Arroz con polio probably a Cousin of Paella Chicken is cooked in the pan with Rice. Bol Illos mexican bread Rolls shaped like torpedoes. Cev Che raw fish marinated in Lime juice eaten As appetizers. Chalupa literally meaning Little Canoe these filled tortillas Are shaped like boats end Fried. Cal Laqullia cigarette size Fried rolled tortillas Are stuffed with meat or other fillings. Chiles con quest a dip of melted cheese Flavoured with Green Chiles used with toasted Tortilla chips or pieces Chiles ref Leno Batter Fried Poblano Chiles stuffed with cheese or other fillings and served with red. White or Green Saure. Chem Changa a deep Fried hour Tortilla tilled with a variety of fillings. Coddo a meal and Vegola to Stew. Empanada turnovers or Little pies probably introduced by the portuguese. They Are known by various names throughout latin America. Enchilada com or flour tortillas softened in hot Oil or sauce wrapped around a filling and topped with a sauce and shredded cheese. They Are usually heated or baked to melt the cheese. Feroda Brash a Complete meal in a dish with layers of Beans smoked meats and sausages. Flan a thick caramelized firm custard similar to Creme Caramel. Flout Flaula meaning flute is made by wrapping two com tortillas around a filling and frying them Frijoles Beans. When cooked Beans Aro mashed and retried they Are called Frijoles re frito. A pacho a cold soup made with tomatoes and other vegetables. Oon Litas pump Masa cakes that Are Fried or baked Slit then filled with a variety of mings. Omit com tamales a mixture of Sweet while com and cheese Chiles and Cream that is the filling for steamed com husks. Of Meamoto mashed Avocado pulp sometimes seasoned with Chiles tomatoes Lemon or Lime. Ii is a Basic Topping dip or filling for Many foods. Mojo cuban a Garlicky sauce served Over tamales or Black Beans and Rice. Mot a sauce made from Chiles but which has become associated with a sauce in which ground almonds and chocolate Ere added. Pm Rollada Argentine a typical Gaucho Barbecue of various beef cuts including Organ meals pallets Brazil turnovers or Emp Andas used As snacks or appetizers Pfell Yuca Tecan dishes wrapped in banana leaves and cooked in an earthenware oven or pub. Plead to seasoned chopped beef used As a Stew or fining for tortillas. I Tsadilla a com Lor Tiffa tightly wrapped around cheese that la deep Fried and lopped with guat Mote to eat As a snack or appetizer. Ropa Leja meaning old clothes because meal is cooked until shredded the dish is served like Stew or As a Tiffin Lor tortillas. Soptic pm deep Fried yeast bread rods of fritters which Are eaten Plain or dipped in sugar or Honey. Too Usu affy Fried or soil com tortillas that Are used to Sandwich a variety of meat or vegetable filings. Samatos com Husk packets wed with Commeau com or other vegetables in combination with meal or not. They Are found throughout latin America to Quito a miniature version of the Taco eaten As an appetizer. Treuda a toasted actually Fried until Crisp com Torrita thai is topped with a mounded salad containing some meal Beans cheese Avocado and sour Cream. It s no secret the older a Man gets the less o a social animal a becomes. There is a Brief period after you Are married when he will willingly climb into a suit and a tie and accompany you to events where he will be quite civil. This condition peaks in about two weeks and then it s a struggle All the Way to get him out of the House. Eventually your social life will be somewhere to the right of a Lighthouse keeper at our House going out for an evening anymore has All the drama of a Phil Donahue show. I sit Al the Lable and my husband roams through the Kitchen shooting questions at me. Who s going to be Al this party i Don t  you con l know he admonishes his eyes widening you Don t know if it s a few couples or a mob  " s there a place to sit Down and talk or do we stand around watching Duane s Ollie North haircut grow out there s no need to be sarcastic. These Are just Nice people Nice people How Well do we know them. Really we Don t even know if we re going to have a Good time or not. And what about lha food is this a dinner or one of those things where we eat bait Oil crackers Lor three hours what difference does it make Well see some people we know and.  aha i thought you just said you did t know who was going to be  i Don to but the Odds Are in our  what time Are we coming Home he asks. What kind of a question is that we Haven t even gone yet and you want to know when we Are coming  i suppose everyone will be in hard  everyone except prof. Irwin Corey i say dryly. All of this a a preamble you understand. Once he gels Toa gathering you would have thought it was is his idea. Old hats and horns comes save and greases from group to group giving his political views is insight into world affairs and regales them with is Story of the Duck in the bar who ordered two martinis when i mention leaving he Lumalo the group and says. I d better take Mother Home. She requires 18 hours of sleep a night you know. After the Horn d oeuvres Ofie fades  t find � Tamer ironic that men develop a nesting in Munct in their maturity. After years in me marketplace they lust after a chair with cushions that shape to the contour a Nice Ighel that illuminates the newspaper draped Over their Chest a television tuner thai brings in sound to cover their deep breathing. Forget the Hearth. Time is where the husband is. Page 16 the stars and stripes wednesday. October 7. 1987