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chow-chow; chowchow

choucroute
choux pastry
chow mein
chow-chow; chowchow
Christmas melon
Clamart, à la
Cointreau
Definition: Thought to have been brought to America by the Chinese railroad laborers, chow-chow is a mustard- flavored mixed-vegetable-and-pickle relish. Originally, the term was used to describe a Chinese condiment of orange peel and ginger in a heavy syrup.


--Copyright (c) 1995 by Barron's Educational Series, from The New Food Lover's Companion, Second Edition, by Sharon Tyler Herbst

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