Most of the kinds commonly eaten fresh or dried, those of the genus Phaseolus, come originally from the Americas, being first seen by a European when Christopher Columbus, during his exploration, of what may have been the Bahamas, found them growing in fields.

Typical courses of Jiangsu cuisine are Jinling salted dried duck ( Nanjing's most famous dish ), crystal meat ( pork heels in a bright, brown sauce ), clear crab shell meatballs ( pork meatballs in crab shell powder, fatty, yet fresh ), Yangzhou steamed Jerky strips ( dried tofu, chicken, ham and pea leaves ), triple combo duck, dried duck, and Farewell My Concubine ( soft-shelled turtle stewed with many other ingredients such as chicken, mushrooms and wine ).

Their common feature is the incorporation of more or less complex combinations of spices and / or herbs, usually ( but not invariably ) including fresh or dried hot chillies.

For example, in Central and South America, corn ( maize ), both fresh and dried, is a staple food.

Most cranberries are processed into products such as juice, sauce, jam, and sweetened dried cranberries, with the remainder sold fresh to consumers.

Dill is best when used fresh, as it loses its flavor rapidly if dried ; however, freeze-dried dill leaves preserve their flavor relatively well for a few months.

Dill seed is used as a spice, with a flavor somewhat similar to caraway, but also resembling that of fresh or dried dill weed.

Approximately 71 % of world grape production is used for wine, 27 % as fresh fruit, and 2 % as dried fruit.

Their diets include a variety of foods, including dried food, berries, nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables.

Both fresh and saltwater fish are popular, and are served raw, grilled, broiled, dried or served in soups and stews.

Small amounts of long boiled meat may be added to the soup, or seafood both fresh and dried may be added, or vegetables may be the main component for the clear soup.

Kabul's main products include fresh and dried fruit, nuts, Afghan rugs, leather and sheep skin products, furniture, antique replicas, and domestic clothes.

Mozzarella is available fresh or partly dried.

In the Kamakura era, a common meal was made up of a bowl of rice, some dried fish, a serving of miso, and a fresh vegetable.

Oregano is an important culinary herb, used for the flavor of its leaves, which can be more flavourful when dried than fresh.

Pastas may be divided into two broad categories, dried ( pasta secca ) and fresh ( pasta fresca ).

Both dried and fresh pasta come in a number of shapes and varieties, with 310 specific forms known variably by over 1300 names having been recently documented.

As a category in Italian cuisine both dried and fresh pastas are classically used in one of three kinds of prepared dishes.

In contrast to fresh pasta, dried pasta needs to be dried at a low temperature for several days to evaporate all the moisture allowing it to be stored for a longer period.

In the European Union, total pasta sales in 2008 were US $ 8. 361 billion, of which $ 5. 722 billion was for dried pasta, $ 2. 244 billion was for fresh or chilled pasta, and $ 395 million was for canned or preserved pasta.

Although numerous variations of ingredients for different pasta products are known, in Italy the commercial manufacturing and labeling of pasta for sale as a food product within the country is highly regulated. Italian regulations recognise three categories of commercially manufactured dried pasta as well as manufactured fresh and stabilized pasta:

The vegetable additions may be I the form of fresh, canned, dried or a puree or paste.

The fresh leaves are very mild and do not develop their full flavor until several weeks after picking and drying.

The crushed, fresh, young leaves are put into the jar under a layer of paper.

In the state of Uttar Pradesh in India, a smaller amount of fresh dill is mainly cooked along with cut potatoes and fresh fenugreek leaves ( Hindi आल ू- म े थ ी- स ो य ा).

It is customary in many churches for the worshippers to receive fresh palm leaves on Palm Sunday.

The leaves, both fresh and dried, are used in traditional Mediterranean cuisine.

To survive on this poor-quality diet, they have to eat the high-quality sections of the bamboo plant, such as the tender leaves and shoots, in large quantities, over of fresh leaves and of fresh shoots daily.

Spearmint leaves can be used fresh, dried, or frozen.

The leaves can be eaten fresh, or put in teas and foods.

Herbal teas can be made with fresh or dried flowers, leaves, seeds or roots, generally by pouring boiling water over the plant parts and letting them steep for a few minutes.

One such paste is nam phrik num, a paste of pounded fresh green chilies, shallots, garlic and coriander leaves.

The sauce tomate of classical French cooking, as codified by Auguste Escoffier, consists of salt belly of pork, onions, bay leaves, thyme, tomato purée or fresh tomatoes, roux, garlic, salt, sugar, and pepper.

* 2037 BC — Emperor Shen Nong makes first ( perhaps mythical ) tea drink by boiling fresh leaves

Puerto Rican pasteles are made primarily with fresh green banana dough stuffed with pork, and then wrapped in plantain leaves which have been softened at the fire.

In the Greek practice, the priest will strew the entire church with fresh bay leaves, symbolizing Christ's victory over death.

Processes such as sanding or rasping have one sort of effect, while cutting ( planing, chiseling, gouging, or other carving ) leaves the surface with a distinctively clear and fresh appearance, particularly if the tool is well-sharpened.

Typical French seasoning for chicken soup includes: bay leaves, fresh thyme, dry white wine and garlic.

Smaller leaves are preferred ; however, any bitter taste of larger leaves can be reduced by pouring off the water from initial boiling and replacing it with fresh water.

Last, not least, there are some poems which K. King sent me ( addressed to herself ) when I was preparing a fresh volume, asking me to include them.

He proposed a fresh theory of alkalis which later was accepted in chemical practices.

Radiopasteurization, which produces fewer adverse sensory changes in food products, has potential usefulness in prolonging the keeping qualities of fresh and refrigerated food items.

As far as I am concerned there is continuous piling up of evidence that the creative fresh ideas which are needed in the world are going to be found by educated women unafraid to break traditions.

he made fresh coffee and searched through all the desk drawers for more cigarettes before thinking of her handbag, and found a crumpled stray cigarette at its bottom, which tasted peculiarly of face powder.

In searching for clues which might lead us to a fresh apprehension of the reality of spirit, the close connection between spirit and community is likely to prove the most fruitful.

Still others sprang up late in the century to meet conditions which arose from fresh stages of the revolutionary age.

However well chosen and cleverly arranged, such memorabilia unfortunately amounted to more of an interruption than an auxiliary to the evening's main business, which ( considering the talent at hand ) should probably have been the gathering of fresh samples of the Chicago style.

I was delighted with Paula Prentiss' comedy performance, which was as fresh and unstilted as one's highest hopes might ask.

Land which is unsuitable for arable farming usually has at least one of the following deficiencies: no source of fresh water ; too hot ( desert ); too cold ( Arctic ); too rocky ; too mountainous ; too salty ; too rainy ; too snowy ; too polluted ; or too nutrient poor.

Alligators differ from crocodiles principally in having wider and shorter heads, with more obtuse snouts ; in having the fourth, enlarged tooth of the under jaw received, not into an external notch, but into a pit formed for it within the upper one ; in lacking a jagged fringe which appears on the hind legs and feet of the crocodile ; in having the toes of the hind feet webbed not more than half way to the tips ; and an intolerance to salinity, alligators strongly preferring fresh water, while crocodiles can tolerate salt water due to specialized glands for filtering out salt.

Still further south lies the Polar front, which is marked by a transition to very cold, relatively fresh, Antarctic Surface Water at the surface.

Additional fresh water comes from the difference of precipitation less evaporation, which is positive.

The Black Sea deluge theory ( published in 1997 by William Ryan and Walter Pitman from Columbia University ) contends that the Bosphorus was formed about 5600 BC when the rising waters of the Mediterranean / Sea of Marmara breached through to the Black Sea, which at the time ( according to the theory ) was a low-lying body of fresh water.

The first recorded English visitor was Sir Francis Drake in 1586, who reported that the caymanas were edible, but it was the turtles which attracted ships in search of fresh meat for their crews.

Besides which, he was the half brother of Valeria Messalina, and at this time those wounds were still fresh.

Cranberries for fresh market are stored in shallow bins or boxes with perforated or slatted bottoms, which deter decay by allowing air to circulate.

For example, the Aztecs used a system in which one turkey cost one hundred cacao beans and one fresh avocado was worth three beans.

:" If I had stated ... the possibility of the introduction or origination of fresh species being a natural, in contradistinction to a miraculous process, I should have raised a host of prejudices against me, which are unfortunately opposed at every step to any philosopher who attempts to address the public on these mysterious subjects ".

Labonte had four fresh tires and Earnhardt was driving on old tires, which made Earnhardt's car considerably slower.

The Allies had been amply resupplied by the United States, which also had fresh armies ready for combat, but the UK and France were too war-weary to contemplate an invasion of Germany with its unknown consequences.

It is estimated that this 3. 7 km < sup > 2 </ sup > lens holds 19 million m3 of fresh water and has an average daily recharge from rainfall of over 10, 000 m3, of which 40 % remains in the lens and 60 % is lost through evapotranspiration.

) have a tradition of gathering eggs by gaining them from the females in return of whipping them with a pony-tail shaped whip made out of fresh willow branches and splashing them with water, by the Ruthenians called polivanja, which is supposed to give them health and beauty.

Limited agricultural production, the presence of some natural resources, and permanent settlements are found in the other six depressions, all of which have fresh water provided by the Nile or by local groundwater.

Buon fresco technique consists of painting in pigment mixed with water on a thin layer of wet, fresh ( hence the name ) lime mortar or plaster, for which the Italian word for plaster, intonaco, is used.