tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Tue Jan 14 13:09:28 2003
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Re: Klingon WOTD: mIQ (v)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Tuesday, January 14, 2003.
>
>Klingon word: mIQ
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: deep-fry
>
>Additional Notes:
>HolQeD 6:2, p. 20.
>KGT.
As used in canon:
to'waQ mIQ vutwI'.
The cook deep-fries the tendon. 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, 93)
Experienced cooks will {mIQ} (fry) the {DIghna' por} (digna leaf),
though this
is risky, since if the leaf is heated for too long, it will wilt. (KGT, 94)
"Again this is not intended as a literal translation but rather a rough
approximate to a similar cooking method occasionally used by Klingons
(implying that not all Klingon food must be consumed raw)."
(Lawrence Schoen on KGT, HQ 6.2: 20)
Do not confuse this verb with {meQ} "burn":
to'waQ meQ vutwI'.
The cook burns the tendon. KGT
--
Voragh "Damage control is easy. Reading Klingon
- that's
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons hard!" (Montgomery
Scott, STIV)