Foodborne Illness Sources Symptoms. BACTERIA. Botulism. The spores are heat resistant and can. survive in foods that are incorrectly or. minimally processed. The small numbers of. outbreaks reported annually in the U.S. are.
piquant (comparative more piquant, superlative most piquant) 1  Engaging; charming.
n. A person regarded as unsophisticated, gullible, or coarse from having lived in the country: New Yorkers had a horrid way of making people feel like hicks (Louis Auchincloss). adj. Provincial; unsophisticated: a hick town.