tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Mon Dec 18 08:44:51 2000
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Re: Klingon WOTD: 'Im (v)
: Klingon word: 'Im
: Part of Speech: verb
: Definition: render, boil fat
: Additional Notes: KGT.
"If heat is used as part of food preparation, the cook is most likely to {mIQ}
(deep-fry) the food. This involves first acquiring {tlhagh} (animal fat) from
any available source and then heating it up so that it boils (the general word
for 'boil' is {pub}, but the verb used specifically to refer to the boiling of
fat is {'Im} [render]). After it has been boiling for a while, the food to be
fried is tossed in (sometimes having been coated in some kind of paste), and it
stays there until it has soaked up as much of the {tlhagh} (fat) as possible. A
particularly popular dish, {tlhombuS}, requires that the cook coat a block of
{tlhagh} with a mixture of {ngat} (herbed granulated cartilage) and {tIr}
(grain) and then briefly immerse the block into the already boiling fat, just
until the coating hardens." (KGT p.93)
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons