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Good Cooking's Food & Cooking Dictionary

(J) Definitions

Jack Rose, A drink made from apple brandy, lemon juice and grenadine.

Jaiba, Mexican for Crab.

Jacquarding - The process of poking holes, needling, into meat in order to tenderize it. A mechanical way of tenderizing meat.

Jalapeno, Mexican, Very hot green chili pepper.

Jerky, Preserved meat, usually beef or Buffalo.

Jeroboam - a 3 liter wine bottle

Jewish penicillin, Slang term for chicken soup, because of its suggested healing powers.

Ji, Chinese for Chicken.

Jigger, Bar measurement of 1 1/2 ounces for making cocktails.

Jubilee Cocktail, A drink made with gin, triple sec, lemon juice, sugar and a drop of green food coloring and served in a martini glass.

Juey, Caribbean land crab.

Julienne, Long thin cuts of vegetables approximately 1/16th x 3 inches.

Jus lie - meat juices lightly thickened with either arrowroot or cornstarch and sometimes tapioca.

Special thanks to my late mother Julia Rauscher Vyhnanek for her food knowledge which was the source for many of the definitions. She was a retired school teacher who was a real "Foodie"! If it were not for her, I many not have become a Chef.