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Food that Starts with C

Different kinds of foods exist in the whole world; some of them occurs in our country, some of them may not. Let’s learn some interesting names for interesting foods.

Fruits that start with C

Canistel: ovoid orange-yellow mealy sweet fruit of Florida and West Indies.

– Mayans valued canistel flavor long time ago. Desserts prepared with canistel are delicious.

Capulin: Mexican black cherry.

– The fields looked very pretty with all those Capulin trees.

Cherimoya: large tropical fruit with leathery skin and soft pulp; related to custard apples.

– My mother soaked the cherimoya seeds before planting them.

Citron: a large lemonlike fruit with thick aromatic rind; usually preserved.

– I read that citron had been around for a long time ago.

Clementine: a mandarin orange of a deep reddish orange color and few seeds.

– Lucy loves her grandma’s clementine marmalade. She likes to eat in on a loaf of bread.

Meats that start with C

Chine: cut of meat or fish including at least part of the backbone.

– When I discovered, chine includes backbone I rather ordered fish filet.

Confit: a piece of meat (especially a duck) cooked slowly in its fat.

– Mrs. Sanders prepared the confit for dinner. Her family loved it.

Crabmeat: the edible flesh of any of various crabs.

– Crabmeat salad is the special dish in this place. You have to try it.

Croaker: the lean flesh of a saltwater fish caught along Atlantic coast of southern U.S.

– Many fish can make sounds, but croakers can make drumming sounds. I’m not sure I want to try it.

Cusk: the lean flesh of a cod-like fish of North Atlantic waters.

-The fisherman caught a huge cusk, although he freed it minutes later.

Vegetables that start with C

Cocozelle: squash resembling zucchini.

-Nowadays you can buy organic cocozelle in the farmer’s market.

Cole: coarse curly-leafed cabbage.

– Cabbages are related to cole crops. It includes cauliflower and broccoli.

Collard: variety of kale having smooth leaves.

– Today’s lunch includes collard and bacon. My kids loved it.

Cos lettuce: lettuce with long dark-green leaves in a loosely packed elongated head.

– Few people know that cos lettuce is the oldest cultivated lettuce.

Crookneck: yellow squash with a thin curved neck and somewhat warty skin.

– The farmer planted zucchini seeds, to his surprise crookneck grew instead.

Grains that start with C

Coffee: a seed of the coffee tree.

– These Colombian coffee grains smell and taste delicious.

Congee: a Chinese rice gruel eaten for breakfast.

– Congee has a light and subtle flavor. I prefer rice.

Cornbread: bread made primarily of cornmeal.

– While walking on the street, the cornbread’s smell from the bakery invaded my senses.