The French term used for food cooked just to the perfect point of doneness. The edible portion is the adductor muscle, a broad foot by which the abalone clings to rocks. A tiny tree and the small, deep-red, cherrylike fruit that grows on it, found primarily in and around the West Indies. The fruit, which has a sweet flavor and one of the highest concentrations of vitamin C, is used in desserts and preserves. An East Indian word referring to pickled and salted relishes.
All acids are sour to some degree.