Finally, he was cooking, washing dishes, bathing the children, and even ironing -- and still his wife refused to have relations as often as he desired them.

They are most often used in rice dishes like biryani and as an ingredient in garam masala.

A myriad of dishes are often served, which include shark fin soup, bird's nest, lobster, steamed fish and braised goose.

Some of these Buddhist vegetarian chefs are in the many monasteries which serve wu hun and mock-meat ( also known as ' meat analogues ') dishes to the monks and visitors ( including non-Buddhists who often stay for a few hours or days, to Buddhists who are not monks, but staying overnight for anywhere up to weeks or months ).

Regional food preparation traditions, customs and ingredients often combine to create dishes unique to a particular region.

In Romania dill ( mărar ) is used on a national scale as an ingredient for soups such as borscht, pickles and other dishes ; it is often mixed with salted cheese and used as a filling for the langos.

Normandy is home to a large population of apple trees ; apples are often used in dishes, as well as cider and Calvados.

Game of all kinds is eaten, often in elaborate dishes that celebrate the success of the hunt.

Vegetables are often used in stews or vegetable soups, but are also served as side dishes.

The French often used wet cure processed hams that are the foundation stock of several modern dishes, like certain gumbos and sandwiches.

Korean cuisine uses a wide variety of vegetables, which are often served uncooked, either in salads or pickles, as well as cooked in various stews, stir-fried dishes, and other hot dishes.

Kimchi refers to often fermented vegetable dishes usually made with napa cabbage, Korean radish, or sometimes cucumber, commonly fermented in a brine of ginger, garlic, scallions, and chili pepper.

In terms of catering at the customers ’ sites, foodservice establishments of this category often only provided dishes strictly according to their menu, and would not provide any dishes that were not on the menu, because they were generally incapable of providing dishes outside their menu according to the specific occasion.

The ingredients were pooled from ingredients for other dishes, often side dishes or " contorni " plus whatever was left over, rather like the " pulte ".

Partly dried ( desiccated ) its structure is more compact, and in this form it is often used to prepare dishes cooked in the oven, such as lasagna and pizza.

Green parsley is often used as a garnish on potato dishes ( boiled or mashed potatoes ), on rice dishes ( risotto or pilaf ), on fish, fried chicken, lamb or goose, steaks, meat or vegetable stews ( like beef bourguignon, goulash or chicken paprikash ).

The consumption of pasta has changed over time ; it was once a small, simple item, but it is now often eaten in much larger portions and as part of complex, sophisticated dishes.

In addition, dishes such as burgers, lasagne and chilli con carne are often served.

During the latter half of the 20th century, pizza become a globally accessible dish, mainly due to Italian immigrants that had brought their dishes to new people with resounding success, often in racially and culturally resistive environments.

* Calzone and stromboli are similar dishes ( calzone is traditionally half-moon-shaped, while a stromboli is tube-shaped ) that are often made of pizza dough rolled or folded around a filling.

I made plans for the afternoon -- doing the breakfast and luncheon dishes all at once, making the beds, and then maybe painting the kitchen.

The low cost and ease of fabrication of the dies for three-dimensional foam cutting plus the wide variety of shapes, dimensions, and contours that can be tailor-made to customer requirements has made the technique useful for producing case liners, materials handling containers, packaging and cushioning devices, and such novelties as soap dishes, toys, head rests, arch supports, and gas pedal covers.

Chris made trip after trip in our old car, moving the clothes and dishes and the stock of groceries Nadine had bought on special.

Side dishes are typically made up of various gags and bits, and usually use a clowning framework.

Ethiopian cuisine characteristically consists of spicy vegetable and meat dishes, usually in the form of wat ( or wot ), a thick stew, served atop injera, a large sourdough flatbread, which is about 50 centimeters ( 20 inches ) in diameter and made out of fermented teff flour.

Steak tartare and salmon tartare are dishes made from diced or ground raw beef or salmon, mixed with various ingredients and served with baguettes, brioche, or frites.

Elaborate and showy dishes were the result, such as tourte parmerienne which was a pastry dish made to look like a castle with chicken-drumstick turrets coated with gold leaf.

Catalan influence can be seen in the cuisine here with dishes like brandade made from a purée of dried cod wrapped in mangold leaves.

Some dishes may be pre-Ottoman, only taking Turkish names later ; Ash and Dalby, for example, speculate that grape-leaf dolmathes were made by the early Byzantine period.

It is made of beans, tomatoes, carrot, celery and a generous amount of olive oil usually served with a variety of salty side dishes.

The main dishes are made from grains such as bap ( a bowl of rice ), juk ( porridge ), and guksu ( noodles ).

Like many Italian dishes, minestrone was probably originally not a dish made for its own sake, like for example the ancient Roman green onion soup " Patella Lucretiana ", or Lucrezio's dish.

There are several theories behind the origin of the name Mojito ; one such theory holds that name relates to mojo, a Cuban seasoning made from lime and used to flavour dishes.

Many dishes using matzo, sometimes with water, are made, such as matzo pizza, matzo brei, matzo with cream cheese and jam, matzo with butter and sugar, etc.

Radio and submillimeter telescopes use much larger dishes or antennae, which do not have to be made as precisely as the mirrors used in optical telescopes.

Typically pasta is made from an unleavened dough of a durum wheat flour mixed with water and formed into sheets or various shapes, then cooked and served in any number of dishes.

This tradition remains today in hallmark dishes like chitterlings ( commonly called chit ' lins ) which are fried small intestines of hogs, livermush ( a common dish in the Carolinas made from hog liver ), and pork brains and eggs.

Khanom chin is fresh Thai rice vermicelli made from fermented rice, well-known from dishes such as khanom chin kaeng khiao wan kai ( rice noodles with green chicken curry ).

The fruit of the tamarind is used to make sour dishes, and palm sugar, made from the sap of certain Borassus palms, is used to sweeten dishes.

All traditionally made Thai curries, for instance, contain shrimp paste, and fish sauce is used as salt in nearly all Thai dishes.

* Braising: Braised dishes are commonly made using woks.

Early ceramic wares made at Meissen and other centers of true porcelain imitated Chinese shapes for dishes, vases and teawares ( see Chinese export porcelain ).