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English term or phrase:glaze
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11:41 Dec 15, 2004
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Food & Drink
English term or phrase: glaze
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Deglazed weight
Prawn weight / Shrimp weight
Squid weight
Fish weight
Water (glaze)
Jesús Calzado
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explanation
Explanation:
In cookery "glaze" usually means stock that has cooked down to make a thin sauce, in this context it means the water (or other substance) that was romoved from the shrimps, perhaps after thawing. On cans of shrimps they often give the brutto weight (everything in the can) and the netto (only the actually shrimps after the water has been drained away).
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Explanation:
In cookery "glaze" usually means stock that has cooked down to make a thin sauce, in this context it means the water (or other substance) that was romoved from the shrimps, perhaps after thawing. On cans of shrimps they often give the brutto weight (everything in the can) and the netto (only the actually shrimps after the water has been drained away).

lindaellen (X)
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agree  Orla Ryan
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agree  Asghar Bhatti
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agree  Madeleine MacRae Klintebo
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