Haddock:
A North Atlantic fish, the smaller cousin to the cod. It has
firm white flesh that is mild in flavor.
Hake:
This low-fat saltwater fish, related to the cod, is found in
the Atlantic and North Pacific. It's flesh features a white,
delicate flavor.
Hakusai:
Chinese cabbage
Halibut:
A low-fat, firm white and mild-flavored fish from the flatfish
family. Resembles a gigantic flounder.
Hamaguri:
Japanese for Clam
Hamachi:
Japanese for Young yellowtail
Hamo:
Japanese for sea eel, Silver eel, pike conger (eel)
Handai:
Japanese for Rice tub
Hangiri:
Japanese wooden rice vessel
harina:
All-purpose flour
Harvey
Wallbanger: A sweet cocktail made with vodka, orange
juice, and Vanilla Galliano
Hasenpfeffer:
German stew made from rabbit
Hata:
Japanese for grouper
Hatahata:
Japanese for sailfin sandfish
Haya:
Japanese for dace
Haze:
Japanese for Goby
Heifer:
Young female cow
Herb:
Variety of flavored plant leaves.
Herring:
A small salt-water fish related to the shad, alewife, sardine
Highball:
A cocktail composed of whiskey and soda water or plain water
Hiiragi:
Japanese for spotnape ponyfish
Hijiki:
Japanese for hijikia
Hikarimono:
Japanese for silvery shining fish
Himo:
Japanese for taenia
Hiramasa:
Japansese for goldstriped amberjack
Hirame:
Japanese for flounder, turbot, brill, megrim, scaldfish, topknot
Hiratake:
Japanese for oyster mushroom
Hokke:
Japense for arabesque greenlinghoubou
Hokkigai:
Japanese for surf clam
Honey:
The thick, sweet liquid made by bees from the nectar of flowers.
Hontaka:
A red, thin, somewhat wrinkled chili 1 to 2 inches long. Very
pungent. Largely grown in Japan and exported for wide use in
Latin American cooking. Sold dried in jars and cellophane packets
in specialty and Latin American stores.
Horsdœuvres:
Fancy snacks as appetizers, formally served after the soup.
Horseradish:
A pungent root used in sauces and as a condiment to meat and
fish; it is one of the five bitter herbs of the Jewish Passover
festival.
Hoshigarei:
Japanese for potted plaice
Hotategai:
Japanese for giant scallop
Hotategaikaibashira:
Japanese for eyes of scallop
Hourensou:
Japanese for spinach
Hoya:
Japanese for ascidian, sea squirt
Human
Milk: This milk contains certain protein immune substances
that are lacking in cow's milk and infant formulas.
Hydrogenation:
The process of injecting hydrogen gas into hot or purified oil
changing its natural consistency.
