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baking stone

[English]

A plate of light-coloured stone, either round or rectangular, which is used to replicate the style of cooking of brick ovens. It is placed on the lowest shelf of the oven before the oven is turned on. Thus it warms as the oven does. Food is then placed directly onto it for cooking.

baking tile

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A baking stone is a plate of light-coloured stone, either round or rectangular, which is used to replicate the style of cooking of brick ovens. It is placed on the lowest shelf of the oven before the oven is turned on. Thus it warms as the oven does. Food is then placed directly onto it for cooking. A baking tile is a cheaper version made from unglazed quarry tile.

baking tin

[English] plural baking tins

A baking tin or pan is specifically designed for baking. They come in many shapes and depths, depending on what you are cooking.

baking tray

[English]

A flat steel tray with raised edges, used in the oven for heating foods which will not spread or run during baking, such as pizzas, sausages, or for standing other containers on, such as flans.

Balconi Red tomato

[English] plural Balconi Red tomatoes

A variety of bright red cherry tomato which grows on a compact bush suitable for growing on a balcony in a pot or even in a hanging basket.

Balconi Yellow tomato

[English] plural Balconi Yellow tomatoes

A variety of bright yellow cherry tomato which grows on a compact bush suitable for growing on a balcony in a pot or even in a hanging basket.

bald face

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A slang term for bad or inferior liquor.

baldpate wigeon

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American wigeon. A small duck common in the United States. It is called the baldpate wigeon because of its luminous white head marking.

Baldwin apple

/BAWLD-win/
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A variety of mottled, medium to large, yellow eating apple streaked with dark red and crimson which was found by Mr John Ball on a farm in Lowell, Wilmington in Massachusetts some time around 1740. It was named Pecker or Woodpecker and then renamed in the early in the 1800s. It is a crisp apple with a slightly tart flavour and having a tough skin and yellowish-white flesh. It is a late-season apple, which is picked from mid-October in South-East England is stored and is at its best from December to April. In the United States it is picked in September in warm regions and until November in colder. Baldwin was an extremely popular apple until several million trees were killed off in the severe winter of 1918.

Baldwin's Rother Pippin apple

/BAWLD-win ROH-dhuh PI-pin/
[English]

A name for Baldwin. A variety of mottled, medium to large, yellow eating apple streaked with dark red and crimson which was found by Mr John Ball on a farm in Lowell, Wilmington in Massachusetts some time around 1740. It was named Pecker or Woodpecker and then renamed in the early in the 1800s. It is a crisp apple with a slightly tart flavour and having a tough skin and yellowish-white flesh. It is a late-season apple, which is picked from mid-October in South-East England is stored and is at its best from December to April. In the United States it is picked in September in warm regions and until November in colder. Baldwin was an extremely popular apple until several million trees were killed off in the severe winter of 1918.