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Terms in French 3961-3970 of 10943

chirlat

[French]

Venus shell clam. A small saltwater clam.

Chiroubles

[French]

One of the nine villages of the Beaujolais Cru, providing the finest wines.

chirurgien docteur

[French]

Doctorfish. Found in the Atlantic from Massachusetts to Brazil and in the northern Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean, where it is most often eaten. It is a dark, often blue-grey to dark brown, but can change its colour and lighten considerably. This will depend on its habitat, being darker nearer reefs and paler over sandy bottoms. It has a sharp, scalpel like spine located on either side of the body on the caudal peduncle. The teeth, which can be seen in this photograph, are spatula-like in shapea dn are used for scraping algae off the rocks. They reach up 20 30 cm (12") in length. The flesh is of good quality but, if the fish have been feeding from dead corals or algae there is a faint possibility of some slight and temporary poisoning to the person who consumes the fish.

chocart

[French]

A Breton apple puff pastry with a filling of spices, usually cinnamon, and lemon.

choch'creupe

[French]

A sweet fritter from Lorraine.

chocolat

/shoh-koh-lah/
[French]

Chocolate. A product of cocoa beans which are fermented, roasted, shelled and ground to produce chocolate liquor. Cocoa butter can be removed from this to make cocoa. As in other languages, chocolat may indicate the product, sweets or a drink made with it. After refining for high quality chocolate, the various remaining types are 1) unsweetened chocolate containing only chocolate liquor and cocoa butter, used for cooking; 2) bittersweet chocolate with a small amount of added sugar; 3) semisweet chocolate, with just a little more sugar than bittersweet chocolate; 4) milk chocolate, with milk solids added to soften the intense chocolate flavour. If other fats are added besides cocoa butter, this decreases the quality of the chocolate.

chocolat à croquer

[French]

Plain chocolate

chocolat à cuire

[French]

Cooking chocolate

chocolat amer

/shoh-koh-lah ah-MEHR/
[French]

Bitter chocolate. Bittersweet chocolate with very little sugar.

chocolat au lait

/shoh-koh-lah oh lay/
[French]

Milk chocolate