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Posted By: Jackie cooking word - 04/12/13 10:00 PM
What's the term for "cooking" food by the application of some kind of acid--vinegar or lemon juice, usually? The acid breaks it down. I've heard the word on the Food Network but have forgotten it.
Posted By: Faldage Re: cooking word - 04/12/13 11:46 PM
The dish "cooked" that way is called ceviche.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 02:45 PM
ceviche

Here is an interesting etymological speculation (link for ceviche < escabeche < Arabic al-sikbāj 'sweet and sour stewed beef' < Persian sik 'vinegar' + 'broth'. Other etymolgies have been proposed and are mentioned in the Wikipedia article that Faldo linked to.

As for the process, I thought it was simply called marination.
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:29 PM
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:30 PM
Oh no not this again!!!
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:32 PM
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:32 PM
Maybe there's a size limit?
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:33 PM
Ok--many posts for one reply?
No, and it's not macerate either, I don't think. That is, the item is marinated but more occurs than that if you leave it too long.
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:34 PM
Well--I found one answer though it's not what I'm (possibly mis-) remembering:
Citric acid in lime juice changes the proteins in fish by a process called denaturation.
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:34 PM
Hmm--this may be it:
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:35 PM
[color:#000099]A fourth category of marinade is used to marinate cooked fish in a vinegar-based mixture
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:36 PM
to impart more subtle flavors.
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:37 PM
(This type of dish
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:38 PM
is called
Posted By: Jackie Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:38 PM
Posted By: LukeJavan8 Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 03:48 PM
your word is sure marinating here. Hope it is ripe for cooking.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 04:44 PM
Jackie asked me to post the final and most relevant word in her thread: "escabèche".
Posted By: Buffalo Shrdlu Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 07:29 PM
Originally Posted By: LukeJavan8
your word is sure marinating here. Hope it is ripe for cooking.


heh
Posted By: Faldage Re: cooking word - 04/13/13 11:35 PM
Marination is a general term for a process in which there might be a small amount of the ceviche process going on, but I think what Jackie is looking for is the technique where that is all that you do and then you eat it without cooking it.
Posted By: zmjezhd Re: cooking word - 04/14/13 01:50 AM
Marination is a general term for a process in which there might be a small amount of the ceviche process going on, but I think what Jackie is looking for is the technique where that is all that you do and then you eat it without cooking it.

You are no doubt right, but I think of marination as a process and ceviche as a dish.
Posted By: Faldage Re: cooking word - 04/14/13 11:36 AM
Reading is a process, too, but all the recipe reading in the world won't get you any edible seafood.
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