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leftovers
food remaining from a previous meal
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fresh food, fresh foods
food that is not preserved by canning or dehydration or freezing or smoking
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convenience food
any packaged dish or food that can be prepared quickly and easily as by thawing or heating
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chocolate
a food made from roasted ground cacao beans
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baked goods
foods (like breads and cakes and pastries) that are cooked in an oven
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loaf
a quantity of food (other than bread) formed in a particular shape
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meat
the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
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alimentary paste, pasta
shaped and dried dough made from flour and water and sometimes egg
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health food
any natural or prepared food popularly believed to promote good health
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junk food
food that tastes good but is high in calories having little nutritional value
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breakfast food
any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
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garden truck, green goods, green groceries, produce
fresh fruits and vegetable grown for the market
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coconut, coconut meat
the edible white meat of a coconut; often shredded for use in e.g. cakes and curries
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dika bread
somewhat astringent paste prepared by grinding and heating seeds of the African wild mango; a staple food of some African peoples
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fish
the flesh of fish used as food
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seafood
edible fish (broadly including freshwater fish) or shellfish or roe etc
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butter
an edible emulsion of fat globules made by churning milk or cream; for cooking and table use
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yoghourt, yoghurt, yogurt
a custard-like food made from curdled milk
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cheese
a solid food prepared from the pressed curd of milk
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slop
(usually plural) weak or watery unappetizing food or drink
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TV dinner
a meal that is prepared in advance and frozen; can be heated and served
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stew meat
tough meat that needs stewing to be edible
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ready-mix
a commercial preparation containing most of the ingredients for a dish
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delicatessen, delicatessen food
ready-to-eat food products
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takeaway, takeout, takeout food
prepared food that is intended to be eaten off of the premises
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loaf sugar, sugar loaf, sugarloaf
a large conical loaf of concentrated refined sugar
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baking chocolate, bitter chocolate, cooking chocolate
pure unsweetened chocolate used in baking and icings and sauces and candy
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chocolate candy
candy made with chocolate
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chocolate liquor
the liquid or paste that is produced when cocoa beans are roasted and ground; the basis of all chocolate
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cocoa butter
the vegetable fat from the cacao that is extracted from chocolate liquor; the basis for white chocolate
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cocoa powder
the powdery remains of chocolate liquor after cocoa butter is removed; used in baking and in low fat and low calorie recipes and as a flavoring for ice cream
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bittersweet chocolate, dark chocolate, semi-sweet chocolate
chocolate liquor with cocoa butter and small amounts of sugar and vanilla; lecithin is usually added
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couverture
chocolate that contains at least 32 percent cocoa butter
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milk chocolate
chocolate made from chocolate liquor with sugar and cocoa butter and powdered milk solids and vanilla and (usually) lecithin; the most common form of chocolate for eating; used in chocolate candy and baking and coatings
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white chocolate
a blend of cocoa butter and milk solids and sugar and vanilla; used in candy bars and baking and coatings; not technically chocolate because it contains no chocolate liquor
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frozen yogurt
a soft frozen dessert of sweetened flavored yogurt
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pastry
any of various baked foods made of dough or batter
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cake
baked goods made from or based on a mixture of flour, sugar, eggs, and fat
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pound cake
rich loaf cake made of a pound each of butter and sugar and flour
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bird, fowl
the flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food
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game
the flesh of wild animals that is used for food
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dark meat
the flesh of the legs of fowl used as food
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raw meat
uncooked meat
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red meat
meat that is dark in color before cooking (as beef, venison, lamb, mutton)
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organs, variety meat
edible viscera of a butchered animal
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cut, cut of meat
a piece of meat that has been cut from an animal carcass
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cold cuts
sliced assorted cold meats
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beef, boeuf
meat from an adult domestic bovine
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carbonado
a piece of meat (or fish) that has been scored and broiled
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halal
(Islam) meat from animals that have been slaughtered in the prescribed way according to the shariah
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jerk, jerked meat, jerky
meat (especially beef) cut in strips and dried in the sun
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pemican, pemmican
lean dried meat pounded fine and mixed with melted fat; used especially by North American Indians
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veal, veau
meat from a calf
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horseflesh, horsemeat
the flesh of horses as food
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mouton, mutton
meat from a mature domestic sheep
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lamb
the flesh of a young domestic sheep eaten as food
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porc, pork
meat from a domestic hog or pig
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haslet
heart and liver and other edible viscera especially of hogs; usually chopped and formed into a loaf and braised
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sausage
highly seasoned minced meat stuffed in casings
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sausage meat
any meat that is minced and spiced and cooked as patties or used to fill sausages
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headcheese
sausage or jellied loaf made of chopped parts of the head meat and sometimes feet and tongue of a calf or pig
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lunch meat, luncheon meat
any of various sausages or molded loaf meats sliced and served cold
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bread, breadstuff, staff of life
food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked
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bowtie pasta, farfalle
pasta shaped with scalloped edges and pinched in the middle, suggestive of a bow tie
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noodle
a ribbonlike strip of pasta
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orzo
pasta shaped like pearls of barley; frequently prepared with lamb in Greek cuisine
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spaghetti
pasta in the form of long strings
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spaghettini
thin spaghetti
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tortellini
small ring-shaped stuffed pasta
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ziti
medium-sized tubular pasta in short pieces
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rigatoni
tubular pasta in short ribbed pieces
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fedelline
extremely fine pasta thinner than vermicelli
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linguine, linguini
pasta in long slender flat strips
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fettuccine, fettuccini
pasta in flat strips wider than linguine
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vermicelli
pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
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macaroni
pasta in the form of slender tubes
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lasagna, lasagne
very wide flat strips of pasta
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penne
pasta in short tubes with diagonally cut ends
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cappelletti, ravioli
small circular or square cases of dough with savory fillings
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tagliatelle
pasta cut in narrow ribbons
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manicotti
large pasta tubes stuffed with chopped meat or mild cheese and baked in tomato sauce
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couscous
a pasta made in northern Africa of crushed and steamed semolina
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dumpling, dumplings
small balls or strips of boiled or steamed dough
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cereal
a breakfast food prepared from grain
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muesli
mixture of untoasted dry cereals and fruits
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edible fruit
edible reproductive body of a seed plant especially one having sweet flesh
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veg, vegetable, veggie
edible seeds or roots or stems or leaves or bulbs or tubers or nonsweet fruits of any of numerous herbaceous plant
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eater
any green goods that are good to eat
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copra
the dried meat of the coconut from which oil is extracted
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saltwater fish
flesh of fish from the sea used as food
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freshwater fish
flesh of fish from fresh water used as food
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calamari, calamary, squid
(Italian cuisine) squid prepared as food
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octopus
tentacles of octopus prepared as food
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escargot, snail
edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
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periwinkle, winkle
small edible marine snail; steamed in wine or baked
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whelk
large marine snail much used as food in Europe
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panfish
any of numerous small food fishes; especially those caught with hook and line and not available on the market
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stockfish
fish cured by being split and air-dried without salt
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shellfish
meat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean)
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anchovy
tiny fishes usually canned or salted; used for hors d'oeuvres or as seasoning in sauces
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eel
the fatty flesh of eel; an elongate fish found in fresh water in Europe and America; large eels are usually smoked or pickled
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gray mullet, grey mullet, mullet
highly valued lean flesh of marine or freshwater mullet
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alewife
flesh of shad-like fish abundant along the Atlantic coast or in coastal streams
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schrod, scrod
flesh of young Atlantic cod weighing up to 2 pounds; also young haddock and pollock; often broiled
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haddock
lean white flesh of fish similar to but smaller than cod; usually baked or poached or as fillets sauteed or fried
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hake
the lean flesh of a fish similar to cod
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prawn, shrimp
any of various edible decapod crustaceans
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trout
flesh of any of several primarily freshwater game and food fishes
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whitefish
any market fish--edible saltwater fish or shellfish--except herring
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rock salmon
any of several coarse fishes (such as dogfish or wolffish) when used as food
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salmon
flesh of any of various marine or freshwater fish of the family Salmonidae
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shad
bony flesh of herring-like fish usually caught during their migration to fresh water for spawning; especially of Atlantic coast
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smelt
small cold-water silvery fish; migrate between salt and fresh water
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hard roe, roe
fish eggs or egg-filled ovary; having a grainy texture
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milt, soft roe
fish sperm or sperm-filled reproductive gland; having a creamy texture
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stick
a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine
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clarified butter, drawn butter
butter made clear by heating and removing the sediment of milk solids
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beurre noisette, brown butter
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with vinegar or lemon juice and capers
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Meuniere butter, lemon butter
clarified butter browned slowly and seasoned with lemon juice and parsley
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blueberry yogurt
yogurt with sweetened blueberries or blueberry jam
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cream cheese
soft unripened cheese made of sweet milk and cream
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triple cream, triple creme
fresh soft French cheese containing at least 72% fat
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cottage cheese, farm cheese, farmer's cheese, pot cheese
mild white cheese made from curds of soured skim milk
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process cheese, processed cheese
made by blending several lots of cheese
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bleu, blue cheese
cheese containing a blue mold
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Brie
soft creamy white cheese; milder than Camembert
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brick cheese
semisoft sweet American cheese from whole milk in a brick form
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Camembert
rich soft creamy French cheese
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American cheese, Armerican cheddar, cheddar, cheddar cheese
hard smooth-textured cheese; originally made in Cheddar in southwestern England
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Cheshire cheese
a mild yellow English cheese with a crumbly texture
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double Gloucester
a smooth firm mild orange-red cheese
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Edam
mild yellow Dutch cheese made in balls encased in a red covering
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chevre, goat cheese
made from goats' milk
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Gouda, Gouda cheese
mild cream-colored Dutch cheese shaped in balls
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grated cheese
hard or semihard cheese grated
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hand cheese
any cheese originally molded by hand
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Liederkranz
a soft cheese with a strong odor and flavor
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Limburger
a soft white cheese with a very strong pungent odor and flavor
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mozzarella
mild white Italian cheese
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Muenster
semisoft pale-yellow cheese
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Parmesan
hard dry sharp-flavored Italian cheese; often grated
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quark, quark cheese
fresh unripened cheese of a smooth texture made from pasteurized milk, a starter, and rennet
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ricotta
soft Italian cheese like cottage cheese
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string cheese
cheese formed in long strings twisted together
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Swiss cheese
hard pale yellow cheese with many holes from Switzerland
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Velveeta
trademark: soft processed American cheese
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yak butter
butter made from yaks' milk
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mostaccioli
pasta somewhat resembling little moustaches
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scrapple
scraps of meat (usually pork) boiled with cornmeal and shaped into loaves for slicing and frying