french blancmange

  • 1blancmange — late 14c., from O.Fr. blancmengier (13c.), lit. white eating, originally a dish of fowl minced with cream, rice, almonds, sugar, eggs, etc.; from blanc white (also used in Old French of white foods, e.g. eggs, cream, also white meats such as veal …

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  • 2blancmange — ► NOUN ▪ a sweet jelly like dessert made with cornflour and milk. ORIGIN from Old French blanc mangier, from blanc white + mangier eat …

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  • 3Blancmange — For other uses, see Blancmange (disambiguation). The Catalan menjar blanc, a variant of blancmange that is made without gelatine …

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  • 4blancmange — [14] Blancmange means literally simply ‘white food’. It comes from a French compound made up of blanc ‘white’ and manger, a noun derived from the verb manger ‘eat’ (related to English manger). Originally it was a savoury dish, of chicken or… …

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  • 5blancmange — [14] Blancmange means literally simply ‘white food’. It comes from a French compound made up of blanc ‘white’ and manger, a noun derived from the verb manger ‘eat’ (related to English manger). Originally it was a savoury dish, of chicken or… …

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  • 6blancmange — noun Etymology: Middle English blancmanger, from Anglo French *blanc manger, literally, white food Date: 14th century a usually sweetened and flavored dessert made from gelatinous or starchy ingredients and milk …

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  • 7blancmange — blanc|mange [bləˈmɔnʒ, ˈmɔndʒ US ˈma: ] n [U and C] BrE [Date: 1300 1400; : Old French; Origin: blanc mangier white food ] a cold sweet food made from ↑cornflour, milk, and sugar American Equivalent: pudding …

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  • 8blancmange —    (blanh MANHZH) [French: white food] A whitish, sweet pudding made with milk, gelatin, eggs, and various flavorings; it has a jellylike consistency …

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  • 9blancmange — /bləˈmɒnʒ / (say bluh monzh), / ˈmɒndʒ/ (say monj) noun a jelly like preparation of milk thickened with cornflour, gelatine, or the like, and flavoured. {Middle English blancmanger, from Old French: literally, white food} …

  • 10Custard — This article focuses on egg thickened custards. For versions based on custard powder and their derivatives, see Bird s Custard. egg custard redirects here. For the egg custard tart, see egg custard tart. For other uses, see Custard… …

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