tlhIngan-Hol Archive: Wed Oct 05 07:30:00 2005
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Re: Klingon WOTD: mIQ (verb)
>This is the Klingon Word Of The Day for Wednesday, October 5, 2005.
>
>Klingon word: mIQ
>Part of Speech: verb
>Definition: deep-fry
>
>Additional Notes:
>KGT p. 93. 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. 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.
As used in canon:
to'waQ mIQ vutwI'
The cook deep-fries the tendon. KGT
Note the similarity to {meQ} "burn":
to'waQ meQ vutwI'
The cook burns the tendon. KGT
While tendon or ligament ({to'waQ}) that has been deep-fried is
one of the few hot dishes enjoyed by most Klingons, burnt tendon
is definitely a culinary gaffe. (KGT 191)
If you suspect a pun, you're right. Qov reported from qep'a' loSDIch:
"Marc nodded, smiling infuriatingly, to confirm {mIQ} (deep fry)
as in {mIQ}-Donald's french fries."
--
Voragh
Ca'Non Master of the Klingons