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Terms in English 1531-1540 of 8494

blaze

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The word used in North America for flambé. This most commonly means that alcohol is either heated and poured over food at the point of serving, before being ignited, or is added to food during the cooking process and ignited. Alcohol in food frequently benefits from this process, as it burns off the ethanol and softens the slightly sour flavour which sometimes results.

bleach

[English] plural bleaches

Bleach is a household chemical, often based on chlorine, used for whitening and disinfecting surfaces etc.

bleak

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The bleak is a small, elongated fish of the carp family, abundant in lakes and quiet waterways. Its scales, which are thin and silvery, come away easily. The flesh of the pond bleak is of poor quality, but that of the river variety is fairly good, though full of little bones. It is about 15 cm (6 inches) long and invariably served fried.

bleak roe

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Bleak roe is the delicate, pink roe of the bleak or vendace much favoured in Nordic countries. These fish are small, so the work involved in providing this delicacy is huge.

blended flour

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Two or more types of flour blended together for specific purposes, so that features of each bread come into play.

blender

[English] plural blenders

A blender is a piece of electrically-powered equipment which is used to blend, purée or chop ingredients. It is a device for processing foods, turning hard foods into liquids for soup-making, perhaps chopping nuts, spices of breadcrumbs. Called 'the whizzer' in our house.

Blenheim apricot

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A variety of medium to large apricot with yellow skin and flesh.

Blenheim Orange apple

/BLEH-nim OR-inj/
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A large, crisp, dry, aromatic, yellowish-fleshed, pippin apple with a sweet, slightly tart flavour and dull, yellow skin washed and speckled with orange-red. It is a good-looking eating apple which cooks well and is preferred in tarte tatin as it is soft-textured but does not lose its shape. It was discovered growing along the wall that was the boundary of the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire around 1740 by Kempster. It was originally named Kempster's Pippin but the name was changed with the approval of the Duke of Marlborough around 1904. It was awarded the Banksian Medal of the London Horticultural Society in 1822. In the 1920s it became widespread throughout Europe and the United States. In France it is known as Bénédictin. A traditional Christmas, mid- to late-season, apple which is harvested from late September to early October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best between October and December. In the United States it is harvested from October to December.

Blenheim Pippin apple

/BLEH-nim PI-pin/
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A name for Blenheim Orange, a large, crisp, dry, aromatic, yellowish-fleshed, pippin apple with a sweet, slightly tart flavour and dull, yellow skin washed and speckled with orange-red. It is a good-looking eating apple which cooks well and is preferred in tarte tatin as it is soft-textured but does not lose its shape. It was discovered growing along the wall that was the boundary of the grounds of Blenheim Palace in Woodstock in Oxfordshire around 1740 by Kempster. It was originally named Kempster's Pippin but the name was changed with the approval of the Duke of Marlborough around 1904. It was awarded the Banksian Medal of the London Horticultural Society in 1822. In the 1920s it became widespread throughout Europe and the United States. In France it is known as Bénédictin. A traditional Christmas, mid- to late-season, apple which is harvested from late September to early October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best between October and December. In the United States it is harvested from October to December.

blenny

[English] plural blennies

Blennies are any of a number of small, scaleless fish about 10-15 cm (4-6 inches) long with mild, white flesh which can be cooked in the same way as whitebait or used in soups. It is covered with a slimy mucous membrane and is found in the sea as well as in rivers.