Food that starts with G

Gis forGolden syrup

Golden syrup is a type of pale treacle, made during the sugar refining process. It looks like honey and can be used in recipes the same way, or just used if you don't like honey.

Food

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Gis forGooseberry

Scientific name: ribes uva-crispa

Gooseberries are the fruit of a straggly, thorny bush originally from Europe, northwestern Africa and southwestern Asia. It grows in rocky areas, even quite high up cold mountains.

Berries

Javier Lastras / CC BY-SA

Gis forGourmet

Gourmet describes exceptionally good food that requires a lot of skill and preparation to make. Fancy restuarants serve gourmet food.

Food, Adjectives

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Gis forGrain (cereal)

Grains are the seeds from grasses like wheat that we grow to eat. Another word for this type of seed is cereal.

Food

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Grapefruits are a member of the citrus family, like oranges and lemons, and grows on a similar tree. Grapefruit are large and yellow, but are not as sweet as oranges and have very thick skin, or rind. They come in two main colors, plain yellow with yellow flesh, and 'ruby', with reddish-pink flesh and darker skin. Grapefruits are usually squeezed for juice or cut in half and eaten for breakfast. The grapefruit in the picture are cut up ready for a lot of people to eat them for breakfast.

Citrus

Pizzodisevo / CC BY-SA

Gis forGrapes

Scientific name: vitis vinifera

Grapes are the fruit of the grape vine. Grapes can be black, blue, yellow, red or green. Grapes can be eaten raw, dried into sultanas, made into jam or made into wine. Grapes grow on the vine in bunches.

Fruit, Plants

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Gis forGrate (shred)

You grate food by rubbing it against a grater. A grater is a board that has lots of holes in it with sharp edges, and it scrapes small pieces of the food off with these sharp holes. The result is a pile of finely grated food. The most commonly grated foods are cheese and carrots.

Food prep

John Herschell / CC BY-SA

Gis forGravy

Gravy is a thick sauce, usually brown that is typically served with meat. Gravy is usually served with roast meat, and contains juices from the meat itself. Today you can buy many pre-made gravies and gravy powders so you can have gravy with anything, without needing meat juices to make it. Sometimes food is cooked in gravy or makes a gravy as it is cooking, like a stew.

Food

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Gis forGrease

In cooking, grease is thick animal fat. The picture is of some bacon grease left to cool in a frying pan. Grease can also be used to describe non-edible thick oils that are used on machines for lubrication.

Food