Garnish (food)
- Garnish (food)
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Garnish (disambiguation) " Garnish is a substance used primarily as an embellishment or decoration to a prepared food or drink item. It may also give added or contrasting flavor, but that is not its primary purpose, in contrast to acondiment which is primarily a flavor added to another food item.A garnish makes food or drink items more appealing. They may, for example, enhance their color, such as when
paprika is sprinkled on asalmon salad. They may give a color contrast, for example whenparsley orchive s are sprinkled onpotato es. They may make acocktail seem more festive, like acocktail umbrella in an exotic drink, or acelery stalk in a Bloody Mary, or when aMai Tai is garnished with all manners of tropicalfruit .A garnish may make food extra special, such as a
maraschino cherry on top ofice cream . The use of this particular garnish has led to the common children's plea— "Pretty please, with a cherry on top!"— for extraordinary requests.A garnish can also become a
cliché when it has lost its meaning, such as a sprig of parsley and a small spoonful ofcoleslaw in apaper cup served beside allsandwich es at adiner .A garnish may be so readily identified with a specific dish, that the food item may appear incomplete without it.
To preserve garnishes for a long period of time, submerge them in the water and store them in the freezer. The garnish will stay fresh for 8 to 10 months.
A food item which is served with garnish may be described as being garni.
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Cocktail garnish
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