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Tyrian purple (Ancient Greek: πορφύρα porphúra; Latin: purpura), also known as royal purple, imperial purple, or imperial dye, is a reddish-purple natural dye. The name Tyrian refers to Tyre, Lebanon , once Phoenicia .
A Filipino chicken soup made from chicken cooked in coconut water with grated coconut, green papaya (or chayote), leafy vegetables, garlic, onion, ginger, lemongrass, and patis (fish sauce). Binignit: Philippines: Dessert Coconut milk, glutinous rice, fruits, root crops, and tapioca pearls, served hot but sometimes chilled Bird's nest soup: China
Oyster sauce: Describes a number of sauces made by cooking oysters. The most common in modern use is a viscous dark brown condiment made from oyster extracts, sugar, salt and water thickened with corn starch. Some versions may be darkened with caramel, though high-quality oyster sauce is naturally dark Patis (Fish sauce)
Garum is a fermented fish sauce that was used as a condiment [1] in the cuisines of Phoenicia, [2] ancient Greece, Rome, [3] Carthage and later Byzantium. Liquamen is a similar preparation, and at times they were synonymous. Although garum enjoyed its greatest popularity in the Western Mediterranean and the Roman world, it was earlier used by ...
Highly valued in traditional Thai cuisine. Like most of the Thai food species that are not bred in fish farms, overfishing has caused a serious decline in its numbers. Pla krai ปลากราย Chitala ornata: Usually eaten deep-fried with nam chim (spicy dipping sauce) and leafy greens. It is the main fish used in thot man pla (Thai fish ...
Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years. [1] [2] : 234 It is used as a staple seasoning in East Asian cuisine and Southeast Asian cuisine, particularly Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos, Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam.
The diet of the arapaima consists of fish, crustaceans, fruits, seeds, insects, and small land animals that walk near the shore. The fish is an air breather, using its labyrinth organ, which is rich in blood vessels and opens into the fish's mouth, an advantage in oxygen-deprived water that is often found in the Amazon River.
2 lovely fish, 1 pound each, scaled and gutted - bream, mullet, bass or grouper; 2 stalk celery; a handful of black olives (stone-in) 1 red onion, cut in segments lengthways; 1 clove garlic, thinly sliced