[tlhIngan Hol] Klingon Word of the Day: tlhombuS

[Christa Hansberry]

I noticed in the description on boQwI', *mIQ* is marked as a noun rather
than a verb, and links to the regional word for forehead rather than the
word for deep-fry, which caused me some confusion for a bit, lol

El vie, 18 jun 2021 a las 9:39, Steven Boozer (<sboozer at uchicago.edu>)
escribió:

> Klingon Word of the Day for Friday, June 18, 2021
>
> Klingon word:   tlhombuS
> Part of speech:         noun
> Definition:     type of food, *Klombus*
> _______________________________________________
>
> (KGT 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.
>
> "I've always imagined it a bit like deep-fried breaded camembert cheese,
> which is also essentially fat fried in fat." (Philip Newton, 11/17/2011)
>
> "I always thought of simple fried mozzarella sticks." (ghunchu'wI',
> 11/17/2011)
>
> PUN:
> thrombus  (a blood clot, usually caused by a diet much too rich in
> cholesterol)
>
> SEE ALSO:
> ngogh           block, lump (n)
> nIm wIb ngogh  cheese (n)
> HaH             marinate (v)
> pID             coat (food) with herbed mixture (v)
>
>
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> fallen
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> words.
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