Tureen or tureen is a large covered dish for serving soup or other dishes--
She ladled the soup from an ornate tureen that had been her grandmother's.
She used a hollow pumpkin for the stew, instead of a tureen.
Terrine or terrine ( almost rhymes with tureen ) is a sort of meat loaf, or a loaf made of ground or chopped vegetables or meat--
The first course was a terrine of beef in aspic.
Her recipe for vegetable terrine was a closely guarded secret.
Terrene or terrene ( rhymes with terrine ) means of or from planet Earth--
The Martians had difficulty breathing the terrene atmosphere.
The terrene beings have sent a spacecraft to the outer planets of their solar system.
Now that you know that, you can say--
"After the terrine of pork, she set a tureen of soup on the table, redolent of fresh terrene ingredients."
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