PCA Food & Beverage Encyclopedia
 
 
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  • Ice Beer is beer which during the brewing is frozen and some of the ice removed to increase the alcohol content of the beer. Ice beers were developed in Canada by Labatt in the early 1990s.
  • Ice Cream - America's most popular dessert, a frozen food made from milk products, sweeteners, and flavorings. The first ice cream was served by King Charles I, around 1640. He ordered the cook to keep the recipe a secret forever. He didn't.
  • Ice Milk - This dessert is made much the same way as ice cream, but with less milk fat.
  • Iceberg Lettuce - The most popular variety of lettuce. Although less flavorful and less nutritious as the other varieties, it costs less, is easier to shred, and keeps longer than other varieties.
  • Imbu - The edible fruit of a tropical American tree that is plentiful in northeastern Brazil. It is bright yellow, oval, averages an inch long, and features a soft, juicy sub-acid pulp surrounding a large seed. Also called "yellow mombin."
  • Infusion: Liquid derived from steeping herbs, spices, etc..
  • Inspired is a dark, malty cask bitter from the small Lichfield brewery.
  • Invert sugar is the mixture of dextrose and levulose, prepared by heating cane sugar with dilute acids. It is readily fermentable, reduces Fehling's solution, and is used in the preparation of sparkling wines.
  • Iodize - To combine or impregnate with iodine. Iodine is a chemical element that is used to help prevent thyroid disorders.
  • Iodized Salt - Table salt to which sodium iodine has been added. This additive is a preventative for hyperthyroidism ("goiter").
  • IPA (India Pale Ale) is a strong heavily hooped English style of beer designed to withstand the long sea voyage to India.
  • Irish Coffee - A strong blend of coffee, Irish whiskey, and a little sugar. Normally served in a mug with whipped cream on top.
  • Irish Soda Bread - A classic Irish quickbread that uses baking soda as its leavener. This bread is often made with buttermilk and is sprinkled with currants and caraway seeds.
  • Irish stew is a stew of mutton, potato and onion.
  • Ironbridge Stout is a dark, rich stout from the Salopian brewery, Shrewsbury.
  • Italian Sausage - A popular pizza topping consisting of pork flavored with garlic and fennel. Available in sweet and hot styles, the latter of which contains hot peppers.