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• Pre-preparation is necessary in every commercial kitchen
• Cutting the vegetables uniformly to add appeal to the food
• Stock


  A clear, thin-that is, unthickened-liquid flavored by soluble substances extracted from meat, poultry, and fish, and their bones, and from vegetables and seasonings
• Fond

  Meaning foundation or base
• Cartilage


  The best source of gelatin in bones
• Broth


  A flavorful liquid obtained from the simmering of meats and/or vegetables
• Mirepoix


  A combination of onions, carrots, and celery
• Sachet d'épices


  Herbs and spices tied in a cheesecloth bag
• Bouquet garni


  An assortment of fresh herbs and other aromatic ingredients tied in a bundle with string
• Oignon brûlé


  Burnt onion
• Oignon piqué


  Whole onion with a bay leaf stick using whole clove
• Remouillage


  A stock made from bones that were already used once to make stock
• Glaze


  A stock reduced until it coats the back of a spoon
• Glace de viande


  Meat glaze
• Glace de volaille


  Chicken glaze
• Glace de poisson


  Fish glazes
• Sauce


  A flavorful liquid, usually thickened, used to season, flavor, and enhance other foods
• Nappé


  To describe the texture of a sauce that has the right texture to coat foods
• Slurry


  A mixture of raw starch and cold liquid
• Roux


  A cooked mixture of equal parts by weight of fat and flour
• Beurre manié


  A mixture of equal parts soft, raw butter and flour worked together to form a smooth paste
• Everything is connected to everything else

  The intricate relationships of various elements of the ecosystem bind the components together into one functional unit
• The trees in the forest are home to ferns, orchids, birds, insects and mammals
• When these plants and animals die, their products of decomposition contribute to soil fertility
• Plants provide oxygen to animals for aerobic respiration


  Animals furnish carbon dioxide to plants for photosynthesis
• The quality of the soil determines the type of vegetation that exists


  Vegetation contributes to the minerals of the soil when they die
• Inter-specific relationships create a dependency with each other so that they both have to co-exist to live
• All these relationships provide dependencies, check and balances that compose the details of our life-support systems
• Human interaction with nature oftentimes alters the ecosystems


  The waste we improperly dispose of brings about the deterioration of land and water quality
• Deforestation causes soil erosion


  The earth deposited on the water bodies covers the coral reefs resulting to fishery loss
• Suspended particulates from vehicular and stationary sources

  May cause lung problems among city residents
• War causes destruction of wildlife and habitats
• There is a cause and effect chain, even when it is neither always visible nor observable
• Global economic systems affect the distribution of biological goods worldwide

  Through the Galleon trade, spices reached different parts of the world
• All forms of life are important

  All living organisms were created for a purpose in relation to humans, other species on earth and global ecosystem in general
• When a species becomes extinct, it is like removing a piece of a jigsaw puzzle from the web of life
• The variety of life forms, manifested by the different levels of biological diversity – community, species and genes – contributes to the stability of the environment
• Food webs, food chains and ecological relationships link plants and animals together in the web of life
• Even bacteria, insects, snakes and rats have ecological functions even though humans perceive them as parasites or pests
• The Philippines ranks high among the biodiversity hotspots – the richest but the most threatened of terrestrial ecosystems in the world