Wednesday, August 17, 2011

THE MENU - TERMS

STATIC MENU - A menu that offers the same dishes every day

CYCLE MENU - A menu that changes every day for a certain period and then repeats the same daily items in the same order

A LA CARTE - (1) Referring to a menu on which each individual item is listed with a separate price. (2) Referring to cooking to order, as opposed to cooking ahead in large batches

TABLE D'HOTE - (1) Referring to a fixed price menu with no choices. (2) Referring to a menu on which prices are listed for complete meals rather than for each separate item.

PRIX FIXE - French term meaning "fixed price"; referring to a menu offering a complete meal, with a choice of courses, for one given price

COURSE - A food or group of foods served at one time or intended to be eaten at the same time

MINIMUM-USE INGREDIENTS - Those ingredients that are used in one or two items on your menu

FRESH - If you call something fresh, it must be fresh, not frozen, canned, or dried. There is no such thing as "fresh frozen."

IMPORTED - An item labeled "imported" must come from outside the country

HOMEMADE - The word "homemade" means that the item Yuwas made on the premises. Adding a few fresh carrots to canned vegetable soup does not make it homemade

CALORIE - The amount of heat needed to raise the temperature of 1 kg of water by 1°C. Used as a measure of food energy

CARBOHYDRATE - Any of a group of compounds, including starches & sugars, which supply energy to the body

SATURATED FAT - A fat that is normally solid at room temperature

UNSATURATED FAT - A fat that is normally liquid at room temperature

CHOLESTEROL - A fatty substance found in foods derived from animal products and in the human body; it has been linked to heart disease

COMPLETE PROTEIN - A protein that supplies all the amino acids necessary in the human diet

COMPLEMENTARY PROTEIN - Protein supplied by foods that, if eaten together, supply all the amino acids necessary in the human diet

VITAMIN - Any of a group of compounds that are present in foods in very small quantities and that are necessary for regulating body functions

AMERICAN SERVICE - Plated in kitchen & carried to customers

FRENCH SERVICE - Tableside preparation

RUSSIAN SERVICE - Preportioned - put on platter then put on plate

ENGLISH SERVICE - Done from one end of the table to the other end of the table and back

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