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Frittilaria lanceloata also called Chocolate Lily or Rice Root refers to a rare herb that is 80 centimeters tall from bulb with numerous rice-like bulblets and flowers are mottled maroon and yellow. It is used for food: the bulbs were eaten by the Coast Salish, also the Squamish, Sechelt, Halqemeylem and Straits Salish (all in Canada). The bulbs were steamed in pits or boiled. Some have eaten the rice-like nodules on the bulb and reported that they taste vaguely like rice. It is interesting to note that Frittilaria lanceloata is rare and should not be disturbed if found in the wild. Coast Salish are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast who live in British Columbia, Canada and Washington and Oregon States in the United States

Fritura refers to Puerto Rican word for a Fritter - foods caoted in batter and deeü-fried

Friture means fried in deep fat or oil. It also generally refers to a platter of very small fish. In Belgium, Fritures refer to any kind of deep-fried foods. In Germany, Friture refers to deep-fryer or deep fat fryer which is also called Friteuse Moreover, Friture refers to butter or substance for frying

Friteuse / Fritteuse is the German word for "deep fryer" or deep fat fryer , a cooking implement used to deep-fry foods, like Beignets or Pommes Frittes (french fries)

Frizzle means to cook in a small amount of fat until the edges curl. The word frizzle is usually applied to dried beef, as in Frizzled beef Please see Frizzled beef.

Frizzling means cooking in a small amount of fat until crisp or crispy. Personal Note: I think this is the way my mom cooks sunny side up eggs to that the edges of the egg white is crispy. When we asked her, what is her secret, she said just put a little amount of oil.