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Beach Plum refers to a wild, dark purple plum found growing in sandy soil along the Atlantic coast. Its flavor is reminiscent of a grape-plum cross, but because it tastes quite tart

Deutsch: Bohne
A bean is the seed of one of several genera of the flowering plant family Fabaceae, which are used as vegetables for human or animal food. They can be cooked in many different ways, including boiling, frying, and baking, and are used in many traditional dishes throughout the world.

Bearnaise sauce is a classic French sauce made with a reduction of vinegar, white wine, tarragon, black peppercorns and shallots.

Deutsch: Schlagen / Español: Batir / Português: Bater / Français: Battre / Italiano: Battere /

Beat refers to a culinary term which means to lift a mixture with a spoon, a whisk or an electric mixer to inject air and make the mixture smooth and creamy.

Beatrice refers to a French light mayonnaise with mustard and lemon juice. Can be used as a salad dressing.

Beaufort refers to a French Cheese produced in the Savoie region on the massif Beaufortin, the Tarentaise and the Maurienne.

Bacasse is the French term for "Woodcock", a pigeon-sized game bird which lives in boggy woodland. Becasses are mostly cooked undrawn with only its gizzard removed. Ist entrails are considered a great delicacy. They are usually cooked stuffed with their gizzards or sauce made of mashed gizzards. This is a most delicious bird when well cooked ; they must not be kept too long; they are fit for cooking when they become black between the legs, and the feathers are rather loose. They can be roasted on a skewer before a sharp fire for 10 to 15 minutes and when done, serve on the toast and a very little gravy: They may also be barded with thin slices of bacon over the breast, and served with a sauce of Fumet de Gibier. Pronounced: beh-KAHSS Latin: Scolopax rusticola Gender: f Language: French Ethnicity: French Most frequent country: France See places: French food and cuisine See foods and dishes: foie gras

Beccaccino is the Italian word for snipe, a long-billed wading bird of Eurasia and North America.

In the food context, 'Béchamel' refers to a classic French white sauce that is made from a roux (a mixture of butter and flour) and milk. It is one of the five mother sauces in French cuisine and serves as a base for many dishes.

English: Bêche-de-Mer / Deutsch: Seegurke / Español: Pepino de mar / Português: Holotúria / Français: Beche-de-mer / Italiano: Bêche-de-Mer /

Bêche-de-Mer (French) is a filipino term for sea slug, trepang, sea cucumber. Bêche de Mer is also the French word for sea slug, sea cucumber, in Malaysia, they are called trepang, in Japan, Namako, and in the Philippines, Balatan.

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Glossary B

Beach Plum

Bean

Bearnaise sauce

Beat

Beatrice

Beaufort

Becasse

Beccaccino

Béchamel

Bêche-de-Mer

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