Glossary B
Beurre Roux is the French word whihc literally means "brown butter", refers to butter cooked with flour as a base for a Roux
Beurre is pronounced "bu-roo" and French for "butter".
A Roux is a base for sauces made by combining fat or oil and flour, gently cooked and then mixed with stock, milk or whatever is required for the sauce (fresh cream), brought to the boil and simmered.
Bichiques refers to tiny fish or fish fry which is beloved by Reunioners or the people from the Reunion Island. Bichiques are mostly sold at exorbitant prices in the Island.
Blubber refers to the thick layer of fat between the skin and the muscle layers of whales and other marine mammals, from which an oil is obtained. Arctic marine mammals, like whales, seals and walruses, are warm blooded but spend most or all of their lives in the cold water. Heat loss is much greater in water than in air, and without a way to keep heat from leaving their bodies, they would freeze to death in water that is usually just above the freezing point. To insulate them from the cold, these animals have a thick, dense layer of connective tissue and fat under their skin called blubber.