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  2. Singlish vocabulary - Wikipedia

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    Local names of many food and drink items have become Singlish and consist of words from different languages and are indicative of the multi-racial society in Singapore. For example, teh is the Malay word for 'tea' which itself originated from Hokkien , peng is the Hokkien word for 'ice', kosong is the Malay word for 'zero' to indicate no sugar ...

  3. Turkish coffee - Wikipedia

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    Turkish coffee is very finely ground coffee brewed by boiling. Any coffee bean may be used; arabica varieties are considered best, but robusta or a blend is also used. [ 3 ] The coffee grounds are left in the coffee when served. [ 4 ][ 5 ] The coffee may be ground at home in a manual grinder made for the very fine grind, ground to order by ...

  4. Social class differences in food consumption - Wikipedia

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    The food represents a demarcation line for the elites, a "social marker", throughout the history of the humanity. [2] Eating behavior is a highly affiliative act, [3] thus the food one eats is closely tied with one's social class throughout history. [4] In contemporary Western society, social class differences in food consumption follow a ...

  5. Singaporean cuisine - Wikipedia

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    Curry puff, also known as epok-epok, a flaky pastry usually stuffed with curry chicken, potato cubes, and a slice of hard-boiled egg. Sardines are sometimes used in place of chicken. Dendeng paru, a dish of dried beef lung cooked in spices. Goreng pisang, bananas rolled in flour, fried, and eaten as a snack.

  6. Food and drink prohibitions - Wikipedia

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    Food and drink prohibitions. Some people do not eat various specific foods and beverages in conformity with various religious, cultural, legal or other societal prohibitions. Many of these prohibitions constitute taboos. Many food taboos and other prohibitions forbid the meat of a particular animal, including mammals, rodents, reptiles ...

  7. Tapu (Polynesian culture) - Wikipedia

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    A violation of tapu could have dire consequences, including the death of the offender through sickness or at the hands of someone affected by the offence. In earlier times food cooked for a person of high rank was tapu, and could not be eaten by an inferior. A chief's house was tapu, and even the chief could not eat food in the interior of his ...

  8. Staurogram - Wikipedia

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    The staurogram is encoded by Unicode in the Coptic block, at U+2CE8 ⳨ COPTIC SYMBOL TAU RO, and as of Unicode 7.0 (2014) also in the Ancient Symbols block, at U+101A0 𐆠 GREEK SYMBOL TAU RHO. The Coptic block has a ligature of the full word σταυρός, where the τρ is represented by the staurogram, and two lunate sigmas are attached ...

  9. Hakka cuisine - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Hakka cuisine is the cooking style of the Hakka people, and it may also be found in parts of Taiwan and in countries with significant overseas Hakka communities. [1] There are numerous restaurants in Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand serving Hakka cuisine. Hakka cuisine was listed in 2014 on ...