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Casquinha de Siri refers to Bahia's crab cake. This dish is made from shredded crab meat sauteed with onions, garlic, tomatoes and herbs (cilantro, parley, etc) and then baked in the oven. Leftovers crabs can be used for their crab meats and canned crab meats are also available.The sauteed crab mixture can be baked in individual ramekins, and can also stuffed into cleaned crab shells.
Crab is one of the common ingredients in Bahian cuisine, being near the sea.
Bahia is an area of Brazil.
Cassava Cake refers to a Filipino sweets/ desserts made from a mixture of grated cassava, condensed milk, melted butter and coconut cream which is baked with or without grated cheese on top. Some are also adding Macapuno as toppings
The Filipino name of Cassava Cake is Bibingkang (native cake) Kamoteng Kahoy (Cassava), although this Filipino native cake is more popularly Known in the Philippines by its English name.
Personal Note: My sister-in.law who is a nurse in Houston, Texas, mastered cooking Cassava Cake which she always prepare whenever there is a party in her home. Her version of Cassava Cake is really so creamy with the addition of lots of coconut milk and cream. I wanted to learn to cook Cassava Cake to so I can make them as Christmas gifts for my children-in-law during Christmas, but it is hard to find an Asian store where I am residing selling freshly grated cassava.
Cassava Pone Pudding refers to St. Vincent and the Grenadines pudding dessert made from their Farine or flour made from cassava.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines is located in the Caribbean, islands between the Caribbean Sea and North Atlantic Ocean, north of Trinidad and Tobago. The Grenadines include 32 islands, the largest of which are Bequia, Mustique, Canouan, and Union. Some of the smaller islands are privately owned.
Casseron is the French for "cuttlefish", particularly is in Charentes, a region in the west of France. Cuttlefish belong to the same group of animals as the octopuses, squid and nautilus and like a snail they are all molluscs. The scientific name for a cuttlefish is Sepia .
Casseron is used as food in the Mediterranean, some parts of Asia and elsewehere. Its ink are used in various dishes such as Nero di Seppia and Crni Rižot is Italy and Croatia, respectively. In Asia, are dried and served fried as snack.
In years gone by, Sepia ink which is derived from cuttlefish, was used by artists for their paintings. For the cuttlefish this ink is a decoy, a means of escape from predators. If a large fish were to attack a cuttlefish it would eject a cloud of dark brown, almost black ink towards its attacker, then they can escape their predators.
In the Philippines, they are sold dried on the markets, in the groceries in plastic packs and served fried as snacks or breakfast food with Fried rice (Sinangag) or roasted over charcoal on barbacue stick and sold on the streets. Squid is also served in the same way. How I miss this grilled/roasted Sepia.
Casseron is also known as Seiche.
Cassolette refers to a French food made of morsels (small or piece of food) which is generally presented in a small casserole. Cassolette is usually topped with a pastry or mash potatoes which can either be sweet or savory and served as an appetizer or dessert in the dish of the same name (Cassolette).
A Cassolette is also a kind of dish with a handle; a Caisse.