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Garlic

Also known as garlic cloves.

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Berlin Boil

Louisiana-style crayfish boil for fifty, using Berlin’s invasive crayfish

A crayfish boil scaled for 50 people, built around the Louisiana crayfish that have become invasive in Berlin’s waterways. Includes where to actually get them.

BoilingTechniqueCooking in liquid at a full rolling boil, around 100°C. Fast and agitating — it emulsifies and breaks things apart.CajunCuisineLouisiana country cooking from French-speaking Acadian settlers. Built on a dark roux and the "holy trinity" of onion, celery and green pepper, and usually cooked down in one pot.MainCourseThe centrepiece of a meal, carrying most of its substance.PartyOccasionScales to a crowd and holds up on a table without needing to be served hot to order.+4

Pickled Jalapeños

A refrigerator pickle in a 1:1 vinegar and water brine. Ready in a day, keeps two months.

CondimentCourseServed alongside rather than in a dish — added by the eater, to taste, at the table.CrispTextureFractures cleanly under the tooth with an audible snap.MexicanCuisineMesoamerican cooking built on nixtamalised corn, dried and fresh chillies, and toasted aromatics ground into sauces.PicklingPreservationPreserving by dropping pH below about 4.6, where most pathogens cannot grow. Either by added acid or by fermentation.+3