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Terms in French 2311-2320 of 10943

bombe mousseline

/bom moo-sel-een/
[French]

A bombe mould lined with strawberry ice cream and filled with beaten cream flavoured with strawberry purée.

bombe Nesselrode

[French]

A bombe mould of chestnut filled with vanilla ice cream.

bombe patricienne

[French]

A bombe of vanilla ice cream filled with a coffee mixture or hazelnut and redcurrant mixture.

bombe tutti-frutti

/bom too-tee froo-tee/
[French]

A bombe mould lined with strawberry ice cream and filled with lemon cream flavoured with candied fruits.

bombine

/bom-been/
[French]

Roast salt pork from Ardèche, stewed with potatoes and black pudding (US: blood sausage).

bon

[French]

Good

bon appétit

/bohn ah-peh-TEE/
[French]

Bon appétit is an expression, directly translated as "good appetite" and used as a courtesy at the beginning of a meal. When we were newly married and living in Boston we had a flat with lovely parquet floors but practically no furniture. Our bed was a mattress like a small island on this acreage of shining wood. On Saturday mornings we lay in bed and watched Julia Child talking passionately about food and chucking saucepans over her shoulder. She invariably signed off with a determined "Bon appétit ".

Bonbel ®

/bohn-BEHL/
[French]

A brand name for Saint-Paulin cheese, a large, round, smooth, mild, semisoft, yellow cow's milk cheese with an orange wax rind. It is made from pasteurised milk throughout France especially in Maine, Anjou and Brittany. Port-Salut is a well-known variety. Baby Bon is a small version.

bonbon

/BO'-bo'/
[French] plural bonbons

Sweet. Sugar confectionary. In North America these would almost invariably have a chocolate coating.

bonbon acidulé

[French] plural bonbons acidulés

Acid drop. A boiled sweet, cooked to the hard crack stage, made with sugar and citric acid.