Glossary B
Blintzes refers basically to Jewish crepes. A Blintz is a thin, flat pancake rolled around a filling. It looks a little like an egg roll. As a main dish or side dish, blintzes can be filled with sweetened cottage cheese or mashed potatoes and onion; as a dessert, they can be filled with fruit, such as apple, cherry or blueberry. They are usually fried in oil. They are generally served with sour cream and/or applesauce. The word "blintz" comes from a Ukrainian word meaning "pancake."
Blintz which is also known as Blini is also a traditional Russian pancake not too different from a crepe. Pancakes in Russia are usually made with yeasted batter, which is left to rise and then diluted with water or milk. They are then baked in a traditional oven, but nowadays they are usually pan-fried. These are best served with sour cream, jam, honey or caviar.
Blini are a staple food on Russian tables and are also eaten during the spring festivities of Maslenitsa.
Blóðmör refers to sheep blood pudding. It is Iceland's dish made of congealed sheep’s blood wrapped in a ram’s stomach.
Bloom refers to cooking term which means to soften gelatin in warm liquid before use
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.
Blue Gill refers to a North American perch that is also called sunfish, a kind of fish