Glossary B

Blanquette de Veau refers to a white stew of veal. This is a classic French stew which is made from veal, mushrooms, and onions. The stew is first simmered in a white stock, then served in a Velouté sauce finished with egg yolk and cream. Velouté sauce is made by mixing a white roux with white stock from light chicken or veal stock.

Blasige Rauke (Eruca vesicaria sativa) is a German word for arugula

Blattgemüse is a German word for leafy, green vegetables

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Other definition:
Blattgemuse isthe German word forleafy vegetable

Ble is the French word for wheat

Blechkuchen is the German word for sheet cake or a cake baked in cake tray/baking sheet. It is when the Batter or the dough is spread on the baking/cake tray/sheet then baked and then spreaded or filled with other ingredients. Moreover, Blechkuchen is so called as such because the cake is baked in a baking sheet/cake tray

Examples of famous sweet Blechkuchen from Germany are Donauwelle, Bienenstich, Butterkuchen, Zwetschgenkuchen and lot more considering that different kinds of fillings or toppings can be used. Zwiebelkuchen is a kind of savory "Blechkuchen".

Blechkuchen are generally rectangular in form and they are cut into squares when served.

Blech means "sheet" of metal and in German it refers to "metal baking sheet/cake tray" used to make their varieties of Blechkuchen.

Pictures shown below is a portion of Butterkuchen which is an example of Blechkuchen.

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Blend is a coffee term that refers to a mixture of two or more single-origin coffees.

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Blette is the name of Swiss chard in Monaco.

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Bleu de Bresse refers to a Cheese from the Rhone-Alps Region of France which is a cylindrical Cheese with a soft, rich, buttery pate with a blue penicillin mould adding a mushroom flavour.

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Deutsch: Violetter Rötelritterling / Español: Champiñón azulado / Português: Cogumelo azulado / Français: Lépiote déguenillée / Italiano: Funghi blu

Blewit refers to a species of edible mushroom, known scientifically as Lepista nuda, that is prized for its flavor in culinary uses. This mushroom is distinctive for its lilac to purple coloring and is found in both coniferous and deciduous woodlands.

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Bliemch'ngaffee more popularly called Blümchenkaffee" refers to a Leipzig term for coffee with too much water that the flower design of the Maißer coffee cup used can be seen, means too much water for just few coffee, weak coffee as opposed to a strong dark coffee. Blümchenkaffee is now a term used in other parts of Germany to which is used indicate a weak coffee. If someone tells you that the coffee you serve is Blümchenkaffee it means you serve a weak coffee. Maißer Porzellan is a famous maker of porcelian products in Germany and one of their typical designs is dainty flower. Our visitors also called the coffee my husband and I serve for our Kaffee und Kuchen (coffee and cake) invitation as Blümchenkaffee because my husband does not want to put so much coffee into the coffee-making machine, instead of three full coffee scoopsfuls, he just used 2 scoopfuls, as he finds 3 spoonfuls so strong for him. Bremen is well-known for a very dark and strong coffee. As regarding the Maißer Porzellan, I dream of owning a coffee set from them because of their dainty designs which reminds me of our old porcelain set when we I was young youndg back in the Philippines, but even at Ebay where I bid for some Maißen pieces, the price becomes too high for me to win the bid. I made a number of bids so I can own one, with no success, I hope to be able to own one someday.

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