Mullet

It's not just a bad haircut.
It also refers to about 80 species of fish, mostly salt-water and some freshwater. They are prevalently used in mediteranean cuisine. The ancient greeks supposedly also administered a punishment for adultery using this fish...cannot elaborate more about this here without distastefully spoling appetites forever.

Rooster Sauce

Rooster Sauce is an alternate name for Si Racha Sauce. It is called so because of the Rooster on the label. Si Racha takes its name from the town in Thailand it originates from.

Flour

The protein contents of different flowers are:

Cake flour:7-8%
All purpose flour:7.5-11%
Bread flour:12-13%

The more protein, the more gluten can be produced of a certain flour.

Shortening

Shortening is made by hydrogenating vegetable oil, essentially creating a solid out of a liquid. It is used for pastries / baking as usually creates a crumbly light texture. It can be kept at Room temperature for up to a year.

Spaetzle

Traditional Spaetzle are made by placing the soft dough on a "spaetzle-board" and then quickly scrape the edge of the dough with a knife, so small little pieces are chopped off and into the borderline-boiling water below.
Spaetzle are from the "Schwabenland" area in Germany, located in the southwest of the country, bordering Switzerland and France. Very patriotic "Schwaben" (people from that area) are known to take their "Spaetzelboard" with them on every trip and vacation.

Ginger

Ginger is a tuber. It's inner flesh, white yellow or red depending on variety, is supposed to ease the symptoms of morning sickness and other gastrointestinal issues. the thickness of the skin (rankging from thin and supple to thick and thwarty) depends on the age of the ginger when harvested.

Champagne

Though a wonderful bubbly golden, traditional champagne is made from partially and often mostly red grapes (2 reds - pinor noir and pinot meunier - & one white variety - chardonnay - traditionally get blended). Unless it is designated as "blanc de blanc" in which case it is made from Chardonnay only (when champagne). Other white grapes are allowed for sparkling wines from other areas as well.
Whether they put in white, red or both grapes - the result is usually hard to go wrong with.