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Binake is one of the traditional sweets from the Philippines, particularly from Misamis Oriental. Binake is made from ground mashed corn grains cooked with coconut milk and packed in corn husk, hence its golden yellow color.

It is said that eating Binake is like eating Mais con Yelo (Corn with Milk and crushed ice) minus the crushed ice.

English: Young coconut / Deutsch: Junge Kokosnuss / Español: Coco joven / Português: Coqueiro jovem / Français: Jeune noix de coco / Italiano: Giovane cocco /

Buco also spelled as Buko is a Filipino word that refers to a young coconut with soft, thin and silky flesh which one can easily scrape off with a spoon compared with a Niyog which is a mature coconut and the source of coconut milk (Gata in Filipino). A mature coconut has a thick and Hard flesh which needs to be grated off its shell by a special coconut grater.

The traditional dishes (or menu) served during the festival includes: Cuchaule served with Moutarde de Bénichon, cheese, sausages, Gigot de Mouton, Ragout de Mouton, Vegetable salads, and plenty of sweets and desserts, which include Bricelets (thin crisp waffles), Creme de Meringues, Beignets (apple fritters ) and Cuquettes (flaky pastry).

Berner Platte (Bernese Platter) refers to one of the traditional Bernese meat dishes that consists of beef, smoked pork and beef tongue, smoked belly bacon, Rippli (smoked pork loin), Schüfeli (shoulder of pork), Gnagi (knuckle of pork), Zungenwurst (tongue sausage), pigs' ears and other types of spicy sauces. The meat and sausage varieties are cooked with Sauerkraut flavoured with juniper and served with dried broad beans, salted potatoes, Sauerkraut and mustard sauce.

Bern is one of the Regions (Canton) in Switzerland.

Beuschl refers to one of a typical dishes from southern Germany and Austria which is a sour-salty stew made from lung and heart of veal or pork served with bread dumplings and some topping of either Worcestershire sauce or Goulash gravy.

Beignets de Foie Gras refers to a French dish made of small pieces of foie gras (goose liver) dipped in Batter and fried.

Beignets means fritters, fried dough or doughnuts in French.

Foie is liver and Foie Gras means liver of fattened goose or duck.