"above both letters of ""ng"" with one long wavy stroke (""n͠g"") to denote that it is a single letter, distinct from ""n""+""g"". Older speakers today still use the long tilde but the younger generation don't bother with it. Besides, for those unfamiliar with the language, they mistake it for the Spanish ""ñ"". The ""ng"" sound is familiar to the English speaker. It can be found in words such as: clang, bring, throng, rung, and singer, etc. The technique is not to pronounce the word with a hard ""g"", such as the English word ""finger"" has. As a letter in Karay-a,"
"Ñ Ñ (lower case ñ, , Phonetic Alphabet: """"énye"""", ) is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by placing a tilde (also referred to as ""virgulilla"" in Spanish) on top of an upper- or lowercase ""N"". It became part of the Spanish alphabet in the eighteenth century when it was first formally defined, but it is also used in other languages such as Galician, Asturian, the Aragonese ""Grafía de Uesca"", Basque, Chavacano, Filipino, Chamorro, Guarani, Quechua, Mapudungun, Mandinka, and Tetum alphabets, as well as in Latin transliteration of Tocharian and Sanskrit, where it represents . It represents in"
"associated with specific fields (especially cooking or musical terms) are less likely to lose their accents (such as the French ""soupçon"", ""façade"" and ""entrée""). Some Spanish words with the Spanish letter ""ñ"" have been naturalised by substituting English ""ny"" (e.g. Spanish ""cañón"" is now usually English ""canyon"", Spanish ""piñón"" is now usually English ""pinyon pine""). Certain words like ""piñata"", ""jalapeño"" and ""quinceañera"" are usually kept intact. In many instances the ""ñ"" is replaced with the plain letter ""n"". In words of German origin, the letters with umlauts ""ä, ö, ü"" may be written ""ae, oe, ue"". This could be seen"
"allows almost any Unicode character to be encoded, and it is considered important to support languages other than English. Ñ Ñ (lower case ñ, , Phonetic Alphabet: """"énye"""", ) is a letter of the modern Latin alphabet, formed by placing a tilde (also referred to as ""virgulilla"" in Spanish) on top of an upper- or lowercase ""N"". It became part of the Spanish alphabet in the eighteenth century when it was first formally defined, but it is also used in other languages such as Galician, Asturian, the Aragonese ""Grafía de Uesca"", Basque, Chavacano, Filipino, Chamorro, Guarani, Quechua, Mapudungun, Mandinka, and"
"red jalapeño, and ""chile gordo"" (meaning ""fat chili pepper"") also known as ""cuaresmeño."" The name ""jalapeño"" is Spanish for ""from Xalapa"" (also spelled ""Jalapa""), the capital city of Veracruz, Mexico, where the pepper was traditionally cultivated. The name ""Xalapa"" is itself of Nahuatl origin, formed from roots ""xālli"" ""sand"" and ""āpan"" ""water place"". Genetic analysis of ""Capsicum annuum"" places jalapeños as a distinct genetic clade with no close sisters that are not directly derived from jalapeños. Jalapeños were in use by the Aztecs prior to the Spanish conquest; Bernardino de Sahagún in the Florentine Codex writes of Aztec markets selling"
"Jalapeño popper Jalapeño poppers, or jalapeño bites, are jalapeño peppers that have been hollowed out, stuffed with a mixture of cheese, spices, and sometimes ground meat, breaded and deep fried. Sometimes called an armadillo egg, especially if wrapped in bacon or sausage meat to give the appearance of an armadillo shell, a term in use since at least 1972 in Texas, antedating the trademark on ""Jalapeño Poppers"". As chile relleno can be made with jalapeño, the jalapeño popper is probably a Tex-Mex version of that dish. The name Armadillo Eggs likely comes from the perceived similarity to Scotch Eggs. Primarily"
"May 2011, and 191 pickled jalapeños in 6.5 minutes on 16 September 2007 in the 'Short-Form'. Joaquín Guzmán ""El Chapo"" leader of the Sinaloa Cartel operated a cannery in Guadalajara producing ""Comadre Jalapeños"" in order to ship cocaine to the US. Jalapeño The jalapeño (; ) is a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species ""Capsicum annuum"". A mature jalapeño chili is long and hangs down with a round, firm, smooth flesh of wide. It can have a range of pungency, with Scoville heat units of 3,500 to 8,000. Commonly picked and consumed while still green, it is"
"Bougainvillea Bougainvillea ( or ) is a genus of thorny ornamental vines, bushes, and trees with flower-like spring leaves near its flowers. Different authors accept between four and 18 species in the genus. Bougainvillea are also known as buganvilla (Spain), bugambilia (Mexico, Guatemala, Cuba, Philippines), bouganvilla (India), pokok bunga kertas (Indonesia, Malaysia), bougenville (Pakistan), Napoleón (Honduras), jahanamiya (Arab World), veranera (Colombia, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Panama), trinitaria (Colombia, Panama, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic & Venezuela), Santa Rita (Argentina, Bolivia, Paraguay and Uruguay), papelillo (Northern Peru), primavera (Brazil), Drillingsblume (""triplet flower"", Germany), vukamvilia (Greece) or Saron / Saron Par"
"Jalapeño The jalapeño (; ) is a medium-sized chili pepper pod type cultivar of the species ""Capsicum annuum"". A mature jalapeño chili is long and hangs down with a round, firm, smooth flesh of wide. It can have a range of pungency, with Scoville heat units of 3,500 to 8,000. Commonly picked and consumed while still green, it is occasionally allowed to fully ripen and turn red, orange, or yellow. It is wider and generally milder than the similar Serrano pepper. The Chile Pepper Institute is known for developing colored variations. The jalapeño is variously named ""huachinango"", for the ripe"
"Chipotle A chipotle (, ; ), or chilpotle, which comes from the Nahuatl word ""chilpoctli"" (, meaning ""smoked chili""), is a smoke-dried jalapeño. It is a chili used primarily in Mexican and Mexican-inspired cuisines, such as Mexican-American, Tex-Mex, and Southwestern dishes. A chipotle's heat is similar to that of the Espelette pepper, jalapeño, Guajillo chili, Hungarian wax pepper, Anaheim pepper, and Tabasco sauce. Jalapeño varieties vary in size and heat. Until recently, chipotles were largely found in the markets of central and southern Mexico. Typically, a grower passes through a jalapeño field many times, picking the unripe, green jalapeños for"
"Niebla marinii Niebla marinii is a fruticose lichen that grows on lava along the Pacific Coast of Baja California from near San Fernando Canyon south to Morro Santo Domingo. The epithet, ""marinii"", is in honor of a field assistant, Richard Marin, who accompanied the author on lichen collecting expeditions to Baja California during 1985–1996, while he also assisted in the gathering of samples of flowering plants for cancer research. ""Niebla marinii"" is distinguished by the thallus divided into linear-subterete or linear-prismatic branches from a common attachment base (or holdfast); the primary branches often tubular inflated near base with a glossy"
"are, among others: “""el cerro""” (the mountain range, the Andes), “""cachilapero""” (the stealing cattle and disfigures its brands), """"cámara""', “""camarita""” (compañero, camarada), “""camazo""” (calabazo), “""caramera""” (cornamenta), 'guate' ""(rural person), “""guafa""” (guadua), “""magalla""” (bag for the hammock), “""pompo""” (rough, clumsy), “""saquero""” (cattle buyer), """"soropo"""" ""ensoropao"" (palm leaf wall) etc, etc. Llanero Spanish The Llanero Spanish is the set of linguistic modalities of Spanish language spoken in the region of Venezuelan-Colombian Los Llanos. It is characterized by mixing elements of Old Spanish more indigenous elements. Has yeísmo and articulation of the ""r"" to its weakening (""vorqueta"" by volqueta, a phenomenon seen in"
"cooking in the traditional preparation of the cheese arepas. Weinmannia tomentosa Weinmannia tomentosa, the encenillo, is a tree native of the highlands of the Andean region of Colombia, which belongs to the family Cunoniaceae. A synonym for ""Weinmannia tomentosa"" is ""Windmannia tomentosa"". It is a large () tree, with small light green leaves (), with white backside, and raquis with small wings of rhomboidal shape. alternated palmatilobulated (hand-shaped) leaves. The terminal branches are divided with thick nodes with similar shape to the human metacarpus. The flowers are small spicas (4–6 cm) creamy-white colored. Common names: encenillo, cáscaro, pelotillo. Encenillo is"
"Panela Panela () or rapadura (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Colombia, Central, and of Latin America in general, which is a solid form of sucrose derived from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. Panela is known by other names in Latin America, such as chancaca in Peru, piloncillo in Mexico (where ""panela"" refers to a type of cheese, ""queso panela""). The name ""piloncillo"" means ""little loaf"", because of the traditional shape in which this smoky, caramelly and earthy sugar is produced. It has far more flavor than brown sugar, which is generally just white"
"Lupinus hyacinthinus Lupinus hyacinthinus is a species of lupine known by the common name San Jacinto lupine. It is native to the mountains of southern California and adjacent Baja California, where it grows in dry areas, often in pine forests. It is a perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height of one meter. It is hairy in texture, its newer herbage gray-green in color. Each palmate leaf is divided into up to 12 narrow leaflets up to 8 centimeters long and a few millimeters wide. The inflorescence bears whorls of flowers each over one centimeter long. The flower is"
"Palitos de la selva Palitos de la selva (""Jungle Sticks"") is a brand of soft, chewy candy produced by Cadbury Stani Adams Argentina since the 1950s. It is one of the most popular and iconic confections in Argentina, and has also spread to Uruguay and Paraguay. The candy is cylindrical, 6 cm in length and 1.5 cm in diameter, and weighs approximately 3 grams. It is divided along its length into white and pink halves, which are flavored vanilla and strawberry respectively. It is famous for its wrapper, the source of its name, which depicts an animal and gives a"
"Passiflora alata Passiflora alata, the winged-stem passion flower, is a species of flowering plant. It is an evergreen vine, growing to or more, which bears an edible type of passion fruit. It is native to the Amazon, from Peru to eastern Brazil. The local peoples refer to it as ""ouvaca"", meaning ""red star"" due to the appearance of its flower. Other names include fragrant grenadilla, and ""maracuja de refresco"". The specific epithet ""alata"" means ""winged"", referring to the 4-winged stems. The leaves are oval or oblong, long and wide. The fragrant flower is wide, with red curved tepals, and a"
"leaves that are opposite, simple, elliptic to ovate and long. The flowers are white, with five petals and numerous stamens. The fruits are many-seeded berries. The genera ""Accara"" and ""Acca"" (formerly ""Feijoa"", pineapple guava) were formerly included in ""Psidium"". The term ""guava"" appears to have been derived from Arawak ""guayabo"" ""guava tree"", via the Spanish ""guayaba"". It has been adapted in many European and Asian languages, having a similar form. Another term for guavas is ""peru"", derived from pear. It is common in countries bordering the western Indian Ocean and probably derives from Spanish or Portuguese. In parts of the"
"for a trademark on ""Poppers"" when used for ""coated and breaded vegetable pieces"", which they held until the trademark was transferred to Anchor Food Products on September 12, 2001. On September 25, 2001, H.J. Heinz announced that it had completed the acquisition of the Poppers brand; however, a third party, McCain Foods, acquired Anchor's production facilities. Leon's Texas Cuisine launched a line of cheese-stuffed, breaded, fried jalapeño product in 1985 called Jalitos; the company claims it is the original such product that was nationally distributed. Jalapeño popper Jalapeño poppers, or jalapeño bites, are jalapeño peppers that have been hollowed out,"
"""rocambole"". In Mexico it's called ""Nino Envuelto"". Varieties produced in Malaysia include kaya, pandan, blueberry, strawberry, sweet potato, taro, vanilla, orange, chocolate, raspberry and even local fruits like durian, cempedak and mango. In the Philippines, it is called pianono, and has been adapted into several variations which use native flavors, such as ube and macapuno. Pianono has a different texture usually sold on prolific neighborhood bakeries as prolific as a Sari-Sari Store. Due to Western influence, it is called a cake roll on high-end bakeries and bakeshops. A similar roll is the ""Brazo de Mercedes"", Spanish for ""Mercies´ arm. It"
"brief description. Recently, the wrappers have been turned into a game of skill similar to rock, paper, scissors, based on the habitat of the featured animal (Land, Water, or Air). During the 1990s, a banana-vanilla version was introduced. In 2005, a ""gigantic"" version was launched, three times the size of the original, with a new grape-vanilla flavor combination. Palitos de la selva Palitos de la selva (""Jungle Sticks"") is a brand of soft, chewy candy produced by Cadbury Stani Adams Argentina since the 1950s. It is one of the most popular and iconic confections in Argentina, and has also spread"
"purple or blue with a white to yellow patch on its banner. The fruit is a silky-haired legume pod 3 or 4 centimeters long containing speckled seeds. Lupinus hyacinthinus Lupinus hyacinthinus is a species of lupine known by the common name San Jacinto lupine. It is native to the mountains of southern California and adjacent Baja California, where it grows in dry areas, often in pine forests. It is a perennial herb growing erect to a maximum height of one meter. It is hairy in texture, its newer herbage gray-green in color. Each palmate leaf is divided into up to"
"crowned, on the basis of beauty, popularity, and knowledge about the production and marketing of panela. Panela Panela () or rapadura (Portuguese pronunciation: ) is unrefined whole cane sugar, typical of Colombia, Central, and of Latin America in general, which is a solid form of sucrose derived from the boiling and evaporation of sugarcane juice. Panela is known by other names in Latin America, such as chancaca in Peru, piloncillo in Mexico (where ""panela"" refers to a type of cheese, ""queso panela""). The name ""piloncillo"" means ""little loaf"", because of the traditional shape in which this smoky, caramelly and earthy"
"the ""piñatas"" broken during the traditional pre-Christmas celebration known as ""Las Posadas"". They are also cooked with other fruits to prepare a Christmas punch. The mixture of ""tejocote"" paste, sugar, and chili powder produces a popular Mexican candy called ""rielitos"", which is manufactured by several brands. In the southern United States, fruits of three native species are collectively known as mayhaws and are made into jellies which are considered a great delicacy. The Kutenai people of northwestern North America used red and black hawthorn fruit for food. On Manitoulin Island in Canada, some red-fruited species are called hawberries. They are"
"Smilax ornata Smilax ornata is a perennial, trailing vine with prickly stems that is native to Mexico and Central America. Common names include sarsaparilla, Honduran sarsaparilla, and Jamaican sarsaparilla. It is known in Spanish as """", which is derived from the words ""zarza"" meaning ""bramble"" (from Basque ""sartzia"" ""bramble""), and ""parrilla"", meaning ""little grape vine"". ""Smilax ornata"" is used as the basis for a soft drink frequently called sarsaparilla. It is also a primary ingredient in old fashioned-style root beer, in conjunction with sassafras, which was more widely available prior to studies of its potential health risks. ""Smilax ornata"" was"
"Niebla flabellata Niebla flabellata is a fruticose lichen that grows on rocks along the foggy Pacific Coast of Baja California in the Northern Vizcaíno Desert, from San Fernando Canyon to the northern shore of the Vizcaíno Peninsula west to Cedros Island. The epithet, "" flabellata "" is in reference to the flattened branches of the thallus. ""Niebla flabellata "" is characterized by a fragile thallus divided into irregularly flattened branches spreading from a holdfast, to 7 cm high and 6 cm across, and by containing the lichen substance salazinic acid (without triterpenes; with consalazinic acid, sabrosin derivative), and by its"
"Niebla josecuervoi Niebla josecuervoi is a fruticose lichen that grows on rock, stony soil and sand along the Pacific Coast of northern Baja California from near Misión San Vicente Ferrer to Punta Santa Rosalilillita. The epithet, ""josecuervoi"" is in honor of a field assistant, “Jose Cuervo”. ""Niebla josecuervoi"" is distinguished by the thallus divided into linear-prismatic branches initially developing from a common attachment base (or holdfast); the outer basal branches generally creeping or ascending near the ground for some distance, central branches ascending to erect, all dividing irregularly and frequently above, bearing many short spine-like branchlets along the upper side,"
"the 'Jesus bird', as it appears to walk on water. Jacana is Linnæus' scientific Latin spelling of the Brazilian Portuguese ""jaçanã,"" pronounced , from the Tupi name of the bird. See jacana for pronunciations. The northern jacana has a dark brown body with a black head and neck. In addition its bill has yellow patches and its forehead has a yellow wattle. Its bill has a white base. When a jacana is in flight, its yellow primary and secondary feathers are visible. Also visible are yellow bony spurs on the leading edge of the wings, which it can use to"
"avocado, tomato, oil, and citrus juice. Despite its name, it predates the arrival of dairy cattle in the Americas, and thus was not originally made as a butter substitute. Thinner and more acidic, or thick and chunky, ""guasacaca"" is a Venezuelan avocado-based sauce; it is made with vinegar, and is served over ""parrillas"" (grilled food), ""arepas"", ""empanadas"", and various other dishes. It is common to make the ""guasacaca"" with a little hot sauce instead of ""jalapeño"", but like a guacamole, it is not usually served as a hot sauce itself. Pronounced ""wasakaka"" in Latin America. Prepared guacamoles are available in"
"Habanero The habanero (; ) is a hot variety of chili pepper. Unripe habaneros are green, and they color as they mature. The most common color variants are orange and red, but the fruit may also be white, brown, yellow, green, or purple. Typically, a ripe habanero is long. Habanero chilis are very hot, rated 100,000–350,000 on the Scoville scale. The habanero's heat, flavor and floral aroma make it a popular ingredient in hot sauces and other spicy foods. The name indicates something or someone from ""La Habana"" (Havana). In English, it is sometimes incorrectly spelled ""habañero"" and pronounced ,"
"in northern Baja California; however, one of the coauthors who first described ""N. pulchribarbara"", has since considered the species to be a morphological and chemical variant of another species he described, ""N. josecuervoi"", along with ""N. arenaria"", and all other species that contain salazinic acid and hypoprotocetraric acid. World Botanical Associates, ""Niebla arenaria"", retrieved 17 Dec 2014, http://www.worldbotanical.com/niebla_arenaria.htm#arenaria World Botanical Associates, ""Niebla"" and ""Vermilacinia"" Communities, retrieved 18 Dec 2014, http://www.worldbotanical.com/niebla_communities.htm Niebla arenaria Niebla arenaria is a fruticose lichen that grows along the Pacific Coast of North America in the fog regions of the northern peninsula of Baja California from near"
"leaves; 'Chapico' means 'chilli water', alluding to the plant's hot and bitter taste; 'Michay Blanco' means 'white kind of yellow tree', i.e. white shrub furnishing a yellow dye' ('Michay' can also designate several species of ""Berberis"" which not only yield yellow dyes but also have bright yellow wood and also somewhat resemble ""Desfontainia"" in appearance); 'Latuy' is also a name for ""Latua pubiflora"", the single species of the monotypic genus ""Latua"" (Solanaceae) endemic to central Chile and used by the Machi of the Mapuche people as a hallucinogen and poison to cause insanity (sometimes permanent) in a victim - which"
"are: Jacareúba, Guanandi and Árbol de Santa Maria. Also known as: Landim, Olandim, Landi, Cedro do Pântano, Guanandi-Cedro (Brazil), Arary, Ocure, Cachicamo, Balsamaria, Aceite Mario, Palomaria or Pallomaria, Brazil beauty leaf (Brazilian pretty leaf) and even of Alexander Laurel, or crown of parrots of Alexander, for the beauty of its leaves. The word ""guanandi"" comes from the Tupí (a Brazilian Indian folk) language, means ""soap that glues"", in function of the yellow latex (balsam) of the rind, known as Jacareubin. It has the following medicinal uses: Against ulcer and gastritis; To avoid prostate damages. For skin scarification; against sunburn. In"