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Quatre épices is a spice mix used mainly in French cuisine, but can also be found in some Middle Eastern kitchens. Its name is French for "four spices"; it is considered the French allspice. [ 1] The spice mix contains ground pepper (white, black, or both), cloves, nutmeg and dried ginger. Some variations of the mix use allspice or cinnamon ...
Pressed duck ( French: canard à la presse, caneton à la presse, canard à la rouennaise, caneton à la rouennaise or canard au sang) is a traditional French dish. The complex dish is a specialty of Rouen and its creation attributed to an innkeeper from the city of Duclair. [1] Since the 19th century, [2] it has also been a specialty of the ...
Quarter (unit) The quarter ( lit. "one-fourth") was used as the name of several distinct English units based on ¼ sizes of some base unit. The " quarter of London " mentioned by Magna Carta as the national standard measure for wine, ale, and grain [ 1] was ¼ ton or tun. It continued to be used, e.g. to regulate the prices of bread. [ 2]
Cooking weights and measures. Measuring spoons (metric) – 1 mL, 5 mL, 15 mL, 50 mL, 100 mL, 125 mL. Measuring spoons (customary units) In recipes, quantities of ingredients may be specified by mass (commonly called weight), by volume, or by count . For most of history, most cookbooks did not specify quantities precisely, instead talking of "a ...
4 Times Square (also known as 151 West 42nd Street or One Five One; formerly the Condé Nast Building) is a 48-story [1] skyscraper at Times Square in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Located at 1472 Broadway, between 42nd and 43rd Streets, the building measures 809 ft (247 m) tall to its roof and 1,118 ft (341 m) tall to ...
Four Loko is a line of alcoholic beverages sold by Phusion Projects of Chicago, Illinois, United States. Four Loko's recipe formerly included caffeine. Phusion operates as Drink Four Brewing Company. [ 1] Four Loko, the company's most popular beverage, debuted in the United States market in 2005 and is available in 49 states, and in 21 ...
Molotov cocktails were eventually mass-produced by the Alko corporation at its Rajamäki distillery, bundled with matches to light them. [4] A 500 ml (0.53 US qt) bottle was filled with a mixture of petrol and paraffin, plus a small amount of tar. The basic bottle had two long pyrotechnic storm matches attached to either side. Before use, one ...
1 ⁄ 4 of a quart. The litre is etymologically related to this unit. quart: 1 ⁄ 4: 3.174 dm 3: 0.698 imp gal 0.721 U.S. dry gal 1 ⁄ 4 of a boisseau. boisseau: 1 12.7 dm 3: 2.8 imp gal 2.9 U.S. dry gal Although etymologically related to the English unit bushel, the French bushel is about one third the size.