Across
- 6. a Korean dish of spicy pickled cabbage.
- 8. he transfer of plants, animals, disease, and technology between the Old World from which Columbus came and the New World which he found.
- 9. a microorganism, especially a bacterium causing disease or fermentation.
- 12. a disease caused by a deficiency of vitamin C, characterized by swollen bleeding gums and the opening of previously healed wounds, which particularly affected poorly nourished sailors until the end of the 18th century.
- 14. the partial sterilization of a product, such as milk or wine, to make it safe for consumption and improve its keeping quality.
- 15. a shrubby Asian tree that bears large fruits similar to lemons, but with flesh that is less acid and peels that are thicker and more fragrant.
- 17. a hardy cereal that has coarse bristles extending from the ears. It is widely cultivated, chiefly for use in brewing and stockfeed.
- 18. an aromatic annual herb of the parsley family, with fine blue-green leaves and yellow flowers. The leaves and seeds of dill are used for flavoring and for medicinal purposes.
- 19. lemons that are packed in brine
Down
- 1. the process in which a substance breaks down into a simpler substance.
- 2. chopped cabbage that has been pickled in brine.
- 3. a Hawaiian food prepared from the cooked corms of taro that are mashed with water to the consistency of a paste or thick liquid and often allowed to ferment.
- 4. the action of preserving something.
- 5. the acid that gives vinegar its characteristic taste. The pure acid is a colorless viscous liquid or glassy solid
- 7. preserve (meat, fish, tobacco, or an animal skin) by various methods such as salting, drying, or smoking.
- 10. soak or preserve in salty water.
- 11. a sour-tasting liquid containing acetic acid, obtained by fermenting dilute alcoholic liquids, typically wine, cider, or beer, and used as a condiment or for pickling.
- 13. a substance such as salt or ketchup that is used to add flavor to food.
- 16. a succulent plant with rosettes of narrow spiny leaves and tall flower spikes, native to the southern US and tropical America.
- 18. people who have spread or been dispersed from their homeland.
