In this blog, I haven't taken the topic of food so often. When I saw a TV cooking program, I became aware of not knowing fundamental words for cooking. I decided to write something about food dishes this time.
Look at the picture. It's a plate of roast meat and vegetables. It is not roasted yet. Just raw ones. As you see in the second picture, solid fuel is put under the plate and it is ignited just after the opening of the party. Needless to say, it's a very simple dish and it would be easy for the kitchen staff. The solid fuel is small and looks not so strong, but it was enough for roasting something on the plate. If you don't take care, you'll over-roast them.
It is a device for eating something hot and keeping it hot. If you eat the traditional Kaiseki, all the dishes are served from the kitchen keeping a suitable temperature, or the chef prepares some dishes just in front of you. However, we skimped on the money at this party, so the dishes became time- and labor-saving ones.
This plate is made from stone. I've seen people in the developing world use extremely hot stones for their cooking, boiling, roasting, steaming and so on. I thought stones might retain the heat efficiently.
(Vocabulary)
briquette fuel (バーベキューなどに使う) 豆炭, 練炭
skimp on (金・時間・物などを) けちる
cooking[cookery] program/show 料理番組
steam 蒸す
retain heat 保温性が高い
retain 〈性質・権利など〉 を保つ, 維持する, 〈熱･水分など〉 を保つ, 逃さない
The building is designed to retain heat. その建物は熱を逃さないように設計されている．
(Jan. 12th 2010)
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