Glossary B
Bench Scraper refers to a broad, stiff piece of metal with a wooden or plastic handle on one edge, used to scrape workbenches and cut pieces of dough.
Bench Scraper is also called a Dough Knife.
Buchty refers to baked yeast rolls filled with jams or preserves; sweet jam-filled buns from Slovakia and Czech Republic. Buchty are to Slovakia what cookies are to America. They are delicious sweet dough brick-shaped buns. Aside from sweet jams, cottage Cheese and poppie seeds are some of the fillings used in making Buchty.
Buchty is pronounced "booktee".
- Blaa (Blaas) :
Blaa refers to the traditional Irish bread. Blaas are light-as-air bread roll, soft floury bread product unique to the city of Waterford located in the south of Ireland.
The world famous "Blaa’" is eaten mainly at breakfast time in Waterford City. Its introduction to Waterford City has been credited to the French Huguenots who settled in Waterford City in 1693.
Boodle Fight refers to a military style of eating practicesd in Pampanga where long tables are prepared and food are on top of the banana leaves. Viands and rice ready to eat using bare hands. Jugs of water are prepared on the side to wash hands before the "eating combat”. With the signal to start the Boodle Fight , everyone aims for his/her position.
Binagol refers to a popular sweet from the province of Tacloban which is a sweet kakanin cooked in coconut shells or bagol, hence the name. The root crop talyan is the main star, which is mixed with coconut milk, sugar and peanuts. Banana leaves and strings wrap it up. It’s sweet and with its size, it’s meant to be shared. So far, binagol is only available in Tacloban, e.g. Dagami, for around P30 to P40.