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C is for Cake

A cake is a kind of sweet, baked food. Cakes can be made with all sorts of different ingredients, such as fruit and nuts. The cake in the picture has been decorated with candles, for someone's birthday. There is usually one candle for every year the person has lived.

C is for Camembert

Camembert is a soft cheese made from cow's milk. It is round, with a white, slightly furry rind and a soft, creamy inside. It originated in Normandy, France, and is named after the village of Camembert.

C is for Candy

Candy is a generic term for any sweet treats that are made mostly from sugar, often with chocolate added too.

C is for Cappuccino

A cappuccino is an Italian drink. It is made from an espresso coffee, the same amount of hot milk added to the coffee and then topped with frothed milk. The froth is often decorated with ground chocolate.

C is for Capsicum

The capsicum or bell pepper is a medium sized fruit that ranges in colour from green to yellow to red. Unlike their cousins the chili, bell peppers are mild and sweet and are often eaten raw in salads, or cooked on pizza.

C is for Caramel

Caramel is a word for a mid-brown colour as well as a food. Caramel is made by heating sugar until it melts and changes colour. Caramel has a disctinctive flavour and is used in a lot of desserts like puddings and cakes, and is also used in lots of sweets and candies.
A caramel slice is a sweet layered cake. It usually has a firm biscuit base, a soft caramel filling made with butter and condensed milk, and a thin chocolate topping. The layers are chilled or baked at different stages before the slice is cut into pieces. Caramel slices are very popular in Australia and New Zealand.

C is for Cardamom

Cardamom refers to a group of related spices in the same family as ginger. Most commercial growing of cardamom is done in India, and cardamom is a common ingredient in Indian food. Cardamom has a strong flavor, and you don't need to add much to your food.

C is for Carob

The carob is a small tree from the Mediterranean area. It will grow in a wide variety of soils and climates as long as it is not waterlogged. The young trees are frost sensitive but mature trees are frost tolerant, and the tree is drought tolerant and will even grow in slightly salty soils. Carobs grow big seed pods that start green like in the picture and gradually turn dark, wrinkly brown over a year and then fall off. Carobs are related to peas.
Carob seedpods are sweet and can be dried, roasted and ground and used to make a
chocolate substitute.

C is for Caviar

Caviar is the unfertilised eggs, or roe of the sturgeon fish. Roe of other fish can also be called caviar, but are usually cheaper and not considered as much as a delicacy. Caviar is usually eaten as a garnish or a spread.

C is for Cereal

Cereal in its widest definition means any edible crop that grows on a type of grass, which includes plants like wheat, rice and corn.
Most people know cereals as breakfast cereals, which are cereal grains processed so that you can eat them for breakfast with milk and fruit. The cereal in the picture is corn flakes, with blueberries.

C is for Champagne

Champagne is a kind of white, bubby or sparkling wine produced in the Champagne region of France. In some countries, champagne can be used to mean any kind of sparkling white wine.

C is for Chartreuse

Chartreuse is a bright yellow-green color, named after a liqueur also called chartreuse.

C is for Cheddar

Cheddar is a firm cheese made from cow's milk. It is usually shaped into blocks or rounds and has a smooth, slightly crumbly texture. Its color can range from pale yellow to orange.

Cheddar originated in the village of Cheddar in Somerset, England. It is made using a traditional process called cheddaring, then aged for different lengths of time. It is one of the most popular cheeses, and people use it in quite a variety of dishes.

C is for Cheese

Cheese is a type of food made from the solids found in milk. Milk is first curdled so the solids can be separated out, and then left to mature. Some cheeses can be eaten fresh, other cheeses take years to mature. Many cheeses get their flavour from mold that grows on the cheese.

C is for Chewing gum

Chewing gum is a type of candy, available in a variety of flavors including sweet, sour, and spicy. Chewing gum is designed to be chewed continuously instead of being swallowed. Many people enjoy blowing bubbles while chewing gum.

C is for Chili

The chili pepper, also spelt chilli, is a small fruit that ranges in colour from green to yellow to red, the most common. The chili is very hot, and when you eat one it feels like your mouth is burning. Chilis are in the same family as the capsicum (bell pepper).

C is for Chili sauce

Chili sauce is a spicy condiment made from chili peppers, often mixed with vinegar, tomatoes, garlic, sugar, or salt. It might be blended to be smooth and pourable or just roughly mashed up to be thick and chunky. People use chili sauce as a dip, a topping, or a cooking ingredient.

C is for Chips

French fries (or chips) are made from potatoes cut into long thin strips and then deep fried in oil. They are usually served hot, with salt.

C is for Chives

Chives are a member of the onion family. Chives grow in clumps from a bulb under the ground. You can use the leaves cut up on salads or on potato or pasta dishes. You can use the flowers in salads too. Chives are very easy to grow from seed, and they can also grow new chives by digging up a clump and splitting off the smaller side bulbs.
There are different varieties of chives, one of the most useful being garlic chives, which have leaves and flowers with a strong garlic flavour.