FOOD GLOSSARY - Cafe Brulot
to Canape
CAFÉ BRULOT, CAFÉ DIABLE, CAFÉ DIABOLIQUE (French): These names refer to various ways of preparing black coffee
with spices and orange peel, served with flaming brandy, demitasse. Brulot is the
New Orleans version, prepared with ceremony in a special bowl at the dining table.
CAFÉ NOIR (French): Black coffee; after-dinner coffee.
CAFFÉ (Italian): Coffee; caffé latte: coffee and milk, usually half and half
for breakfast; caffé espresso: Italian coffee made in a special machine in which
steam under pressure is forced through coffee.
CAFFEINE: An
alkaloid that is present in coffee, tea, and cola drinks. It is a mild stimulant
that some people think of as the element in coffee that keeps them awake. Also spelled
caffein.
CAISSE (French): Case; en caisse: Served in a case.
CALAS : New
Orleans hot rice fritters.
CALAVO : Trade
name for California-grown avocados. See Avocado.
CALORIE : A
calorie is a unit of heat, or energy, generated in the body by food, used to measure
the amount of heat, or energy, required by the body at different ages and under
various conditions. If you eat more in total calories for the day than the body
needs, it's stored as fat. By counting calories, dieters can and should eat well
balanced meals - and still lose or gain weight. To lose weight, dieters avoid the
high calorie foods (examples are fudge and frosted cakes) or take a tiny piece,
and eat lots of low calorie foods (examples are green vegetables and cottage cheese)
because low calorie foods are low in their heat (or energy) production. If you splurge
on a main dish with a high calorie content, then you compensate with low calorie
vegetables and dessert. And vice versa. But remember, watch the "nibbles." Those
extras mount up quickly and alone can account for a large percentage of your calorie
quota.
HOW TO ESTIMATE YOUR CALORIE NEEDS
Dieters should know the number of calories the body needs just to keep in top physical
condition
.
1. Estimate your "ideal" weight for height and build. Weight charts are usually
for the average person. Large-boned people may top this average by 10 to 20 percent;
slender-boned people fall under it.
2. Multiply your "ideal" weight by 15. Your body needs 15 to 20 calories per pound
per day.
3. In order to lose weight, reduce the answer above by one-third. In order to gain,
in most cases add one-third. The result is your calorie quota for one day.
4. Divide your total for your three meals.
CANAPÉ (French): Originally it meant a couch or sofa. A piece of plain, fried,
or toasted bread or a cracker topped with a savory mixture or other well seasoned
food. It's an appetizer to be eaten with the fingers.