Glossary B
The traditional dishes (or menu) served during the festival includes: Cuchaule served with Moutarde de Bénichon, cheese, sausages, Gigot de Mouton, Ragout de Mouton, Vegetable salads, and plenty of sweets and desserts, which include Bricelets (thin crisp waffles), Creme de Meringues, Beignets (apple fritters ) and Cuquettes (flaky pastry).
Berner Platte (Bernese Platter) refers to one of the traditional Bernese meat dishes that consists of beef, smoked pork and beef tongue, smoked belly bacon, Rippli (smoked pork loin), Schüfeli (shoulder of pork), Gnagi (knuckle of pork), Zungenwurst (tongue sausage), pigs' ears and other types of spicy sauces. The meat and sausage varieties are cooked with Sauerkraut flavoured with juniper and served with dried broad beans, salted potatoes, Sauerkraut and mustard sauce.
Bern is one of the Regions (Canton) in Switzerland.
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.