Glossary R

Roscos Navideños are an exclusive Andalusian specialty that is relished in homes across southern Spain during the Christmas season. However, it is very hard to find a recipe for this traditional Christmas treat. Roscos Navideños is made with flour, olive oil, white wine, orange juice, aguardiente, cinnamon and the most important of all with Matalauva or anis seeds. Roscos are round anisette fritters and in Spain the "Roscos" are traditionally flavored with anis. The flavors of Cinnamon and Anis are to me the flavors of Christmas in Europe. Here in German where Cinnamon is called Zimt, they even have cinnamon-flavored chocolates, anis-flavored cookies, different kinds of cookies for that matter. For every changing season, they have a special scent and flavor. This is one of the things I enjoyed while living in Germany. But I also miss our coconut-flavored desserts and Turon with Langka (fried bananas wrapped with jackfruit).

Remojón refers to a Spanish orange and codfish salad. It is a light and refreshing salad made with slices of salt cod are tossed with onions, olive oil, oranges, and some greens. The salad is then drizzled with a mixture of olive oil and wine vinegar. Remojón salad is a perfect dish for hot summer time A salad of cod, black olives, oranges, spring onions and tomatoes in a vinaigrette marinade . One of the specialities of the Lecrin Valley

Rabo de Toro refers to a Spanish stew made from oxtail which are stewed or braised with vegetables and red wine. Oxtail stew or Rabo de Toro is one of the specialty dish from Cordona, Spain. It is also one of the best Spanish dishes that uses oxtail meat, specifically the oxtail.

Ron Viejo de Caldas refers to Colombia's kind of rum. Colombia is a producer of many kinds of rum including Ron Viejo de Caldas.

Ris a la Mande refers to one of Denmark's dessert of rice porridge mixed with whipped cream, almonds, and vanilla and served with hot cherry sauce

Rákóczi Túrós refers to Hungary's cottage cheese cake.