Glossary B
Balimbing is the Filipino word for Carambola; also known as Star Fruit.
Balimbing is a light green to yellowish tropical fruit which has many angles and sides and has a star shape when cut across the grain. Its fruit is juicy and tastes like the combined taste of plums, grapes and apples. Some green varieties when not yet fully ripe taste sour. Because of its star shape, it is mostly used for decorative purposes, mostly for decorating cocktail drinks and desserts.
Blunzngröstl also known as Blunzengröstl refers to an Austrian traditional dish made of pan fried potatoes and blood sausage called Blutwurst in German which is generally served with freshly grated horseradish (horseradish is Meerrettich in German).
Blunzen refers to a black sausage which is made of blood and lard. This sausage is often cut and fried with some bacon and potatoes.
Bench Scraper refers to a broad, stiff piece of metal with a wooden or plastic handle on one edge, used to scrape workbenches and cut pieces of dough.
Bench Scraper is also called a Dough Knife.
Buchty refers to baked yeast rolls filled with jams or preserves; sweet jam-filled buns from Slovakia and Czech Republic. Buchty are to Slovakia what cookies are to America. They are delicious sweet dough brick-shaped buns. Aside from sweet jams, cottage Cheese and poppie seeds are some of the fillings used in making Buchty.
Buchty is pronounced "booktee".
- Blaa (Blaas) :
Blaa refers to the traditional Irish bread. Blaas are light-as-air bread roll, soft floury bread product unique to the city of Waterford located in the south of Ireland.
The world famous "Blaa’" is eaten mainly at breakfast time in Waterford City. Its introduction to Waterford City has been credited to the French Huguenots who settled in Waterford City in 1693.