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| chili |
the pod of a tropical pepper plant. Chili has a strong, sharp flavor. [1/2 definitions] |
| chili pepper |
the pod of a tropical pepper plant. A chili pepper has a strong, sharp flavor that makes food spicy when it is added to it. |
| Cote d'Ivoire |
Cote d'Ivoire is a country in Africa. It is on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean, and it is next to Liberia and Ghana. The name Cote d'Ivoire is French, and it means Ivory Coast in English. Ivory is a white material that comes from the tusks of elephants. At one time, Cote d'Ivoire was a center for selling ivory, gold, and pepper to people from Europe. Nowadays, Cote d'Ivoire still sells gold, and it sells a lot of cocoa, coffee, and oil for fuel. |
| curry1 |
Curry is a type of food that is especially common in southern Asia, especially in India. Curry has a sauce made with many different spices, including chili pepper, and it's sometimes quite hot to the taste. |
| green pepper |
a hollow, somewhat round, fruit that is eaten as a vegetable, especially in salads. The taste of a green pepper is not spicy. A green pepper is called that when the pepper is young and green. If the pepper is allowed to mature, it will become red. |
| pepper |
a spice that comes from the dried berries of tropical vines in southeast Asia. [4 definitions] |
| pepper grinder |
a device used generally in the home or in a restaurant for grinding pepper. |
| season |
When you season food, you add little things to it to make it taste better or more interesting. Salt, pepper, spices, and herbs are some things that cooks use to season food. [1/3 definitions] |
| seasoning |
A seasoning is something people add to food to make the flavor a little stronger or more interesting. When we think of "seasoning," we usually think of things like salt, pepper, and small amounts of herbs or spices. |
| spicy |
When a food is spicy, it has a strong flavor and sometimes makes your tongue and mouth feel hot. Food is spicy because spices, such as pepper or ginger, have been added to it. Some people love spicy foods, but other people don't like them at all. |
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