In gastronomy, the filling is formed with ingredients that are introduced into a food.
Filling is a concept with numerous uses. In its broadest sense , it refers to that which is used to fill or complete something .
For example: "I still have to prepare the filling for the empanadas," "I need more filling material to reach 1,500 words in this composition , " "The government should control the landfill in this city."
Stuffing in gastronomy
In the field of gastronomy , the filling is made up of the ingredients that are introduced into another food . It is possible to prepare a chicken whose filling is ham and cheese or a turkey that has various vegetables as filling, to name a few possibilities.
Empanadas and cakes are traditional preparations that have different types of filling. In several South American countries, meat empanadas are very popular, which include in the filling minced or cut beef, hard-boiled egg, onion, bell pepper, olives and other ingredients.
Empanadas can have different fillings.
Different options
Many of the traditional dishes that are made from animal products , such as various types of meat, cheese or eggs, can also be prepared using only plant ingredients. When reproducing such fillings for a vegetarian or vegan diner, the meat can be replaced by textured soy, while various combinations of tofu, mushrooms, mushrooms, agar agar and ground seeds serve to achieve the most varied flavors, which bring the flavor of almost any of the aforementioned components.
The filling can make any dish more attractive or interesting, since it literally adds a new layer to it, making it more complex. In fact, many of the foods that apparently would not turn out well this way can be renovated, as long as you proceed with good taste and skill. Pizza , to cite an example, also has varieties with filling; Although it does not usually include many ingredients, the cooking of the top layer of dough and the moisture of the filling turn this classic dish into something unique, which in no way can be confused with a cake.
Other fillings
The substances or materials used to fill a non-edible object are also called filling: a teddy bear or plush can have a cotton filling, a pillow can have a feather filling, etc.
Sanitary landfill , on the other hand, is the technique that allows burying solid waste with controlled risks to public health. This fill is formed from compaction tasks and the addition of soil so that the garbage reduces its volume.
Fill out forms
This term belongs to the family of the verb to fill , which can be used in the aforementioned contexts, but also to refer to the action that is carried out when a series of fields in a form are completed.
Filling out a form, in this sense, is what we do as part of a procedure, whether in physical or digital format. Nowadays, it is something much more common and massive than at the end of the 20th century , since on the Internet we are forced to do it every time we register somewhere, even if the fields are scarce.
Filling as something unnecessary
As implied in an example in the first paragraph, the concept of filler does not always have a positive connotation. For example, if it refers to a series of paragraphs that have the function of extending a text without providing relevant or quality content , then it is a negative meaning, although this is very common in various contexts.
Filler, therefore, can be something accessory or superficial : "I liked the movie, although it had too many filler scenes," "If you take away the filler chapters , it would be a short story more than a novel."