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Matzo refers to Greece's large thin piece of very dry unleavened Jewish bread eaten during Passover. The bread is rather like a water biscuit or cream cracker. Crushed Matzo or crushed crackers are used in Jewish cooking

Matzo Meal refers to finely powdered Matzos usually used as a flour substitute in Jewish cooking. Matzo are unleavened Jewish bread.

Meli is the Greek word for "Honey", flower nectar partially digested and refurgitated by the honey bee "Apis mellifera" as a thick sugary syrup with a distinctive flavor. Cooking Tips: If the honey hardens, dip the jar in a pot with boiling water.

Metsovone refers to Greece semi-hard to hard smoked table cheese with a light salty and tangy flavour produced in the traditional manner from cow's milk or from a mixture of cow's milk and sheep's milk or goat's milk.

Marzipan Kranzkuchen also called Marzipan Kranz refers to a German cake/bread shaped like a wreath or garland (which is translated as Kranz in German) with Marzipan and raisins filings with glazed sugar and also lots of Marzipan and chopped almonds as toppings.

Mushiki is the Japanese word for "Steamer", an important cooking implement/tool used in Japanese cooking.

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