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Abadejo is a Spanish term which means "fresh cod". It also refers to "Pollock" (Pollachius pollachius).

Alize Pâcaude refers to Easter cake from the department of Vendée, in the Pays-de-la-Loire region in west-central France, on the Atlantic Ocean. This Easter cake is made from bread dough flavored with orange-flower/blosson water and enriched with butter, eggs and sugar. This is traditionally baked on Holy saturday during Easter and usually weigh up to 2 kilograms. The rising of the dough stopped after 2 hours.

Deutsch: Ammikallu / Español: Ammikallu / Português: Ammikallu / Français: Ammikallu / Italiano: Ammikallu

Ammikallu (Ammi Kallu) is a Malayalam term that refers to traditional kitchen tool used in India to ground spices. It is a stone grinder used in Kerala, India to grind spices extensively used for cooking foods. It is a flat, rectangular-shaped stone with cylindrical stone pestle.

It is not like an ordinary mortar and pestle where foods (spices/foods) are pounded. In Ammikallu , the spices and foods are put on top or the surface of the flat stone then grounded using the pestle until they turned into a thick paste.

Aatha Chakka also known as Seetha pazham is the Malayalam term for "custard apple also known as "sugar apple", a kind of fruit .

Malayalam is the language spoken mainly in the southern Indian state of Kerala by about 38 million people.

Ayungin is the Filipino word for a kind of fish.

Atsara is the Filipino word which refers to pickled grated papaya. Used as a side dish and as accompaniment for fried or grilled meat and fish. Bottled Atsara are found im most supermarkets all over the Philippines.

Atsara is also spelled as Achara.

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