Originally Posted By: Faldage
What, pray tell, does "1/2 prize icy chromatic humour concentrate' mean?

This one I get! "1/2 cup (prize) cold (icy) orange (chromatic) juice (humour) concentrate" The one that eludes me is "niche leaf" (although I suspect "bay" leaf, as it gets crumbled...)

 Originally Posted By: the Pook
I would guess embattled mustard must be mustard powder. The mustard seeds have had battle done to them with the mortar and pestle.

I believe this one actually comes from "prepared" (as in "prepared mustard"). A quick check of the thesaurus includes it as a synonym for "embattled" and it fits. :0)

I suspect that this may be the result of some multiple translations. Perhaps it started out in English, got translated to Japanese, then back to English, without reference to the original. Just a theory...