What is "maicena"? Is it mace?
What are "clavos de olor"? Are they the cloves you stick
in a ham, before baking it?
What does "rojada" mean? Something reddened?
What are "lonjas"?

Chuletas Agridulces (Sweet and Sour Pork Chops)
Ingredientes: (Ingredients
Para 3 personas (For 3 people)
3 chuletas (3 pork chops)
3/8 de una taza de aqua (3/8 cup of water)
1/2 cucharadita de pimenton molida ( 1/2 teaspoon paprika)
Sal y pimiento al gusto (salt and pepper to taste)
1/2 naranja mediana (1/2 a medium orange)
1/2 taza de jugo de naranja (1/2 cup of orange juice)
1/4 taza de azucar (1/4 cup of sugar)
1/2 cucharadita de maicena (1/2 teaspoon of mace?)
1/4 cucharadita de canela molida (1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon)
3 clavos de olor (3 sticks of scent?, cloves?)

Preparacion: (Preparation

Dorar las chuletas por ambos lados, agregar el agua,
pimenton molido, pimienta y una cucharadita de sal,
llevar a ebullicion, reducir el calor y tapar

(Brown the chops on both sides, add the water, paprika,
pepper, and a teaspoon of salt, bring to a boil,
reduce heat and cover.)

Cocinar a fuego bajo aproximadamente 35 minutos.

(Cook on low heat about 35 minutes.)

Mientras se cocinan las chuletas preparar
la salsa de naranja.

(While the chops are cooking, prepare the orange sauce.)

Rallar la cascara de una naranja hasta obtener una
cucharada de ralladura, cortar 6 lonjas muy finas de
naranja.

(Grate the peel of an orange to obtain a tablespoon of
gratings, cut 6 lonjas? very fine of orange.)

En una olla a fuego medio cocinar la ralladura de
naranja con el jugo, azucar, maicena, canela, clavos
de olor y 1/4 cucharadita de sal, revolviendo hasta
que espese, agregar las rojadas de naranja y tapar,
retirar del fuego y mantener caliente.

(In a pot over a medium fire, cook the grated orange
peel with the juice, sugar, mace?, cinnamon, sticks
of scent? cloves? and 1/4 teaspon of salt, stirring until it
thickens, add the rojadas? of orange and cover, remove
from the fire and keep warm.)

Servir las chuletas con la salsa de naranjas caliente.

(Serve the pork chops with the hot orange sauce.)

On 30 Mar 2005 18:01:01 -0800, krusty kritter wrote:

What is "maicena"? Is it mace?

Cornstarch, aka cornflour in the UK


What are "clavos de olor"? Are they the cloves you stick
in a ham, before baking it?

Yes, they are cloves.


What does "rojada" mean? Something reddened?

I don't know. But if it was "rajada" instead, it might be
referring to the slices. Interestingly, my dictionary points out in
the listing for "raja" that the word "rodaja" also means "slice". I
wonder if "rojada" was a typo?


What are "lonjas"?

Slices or strips.