Glossary B

Bonneskudd is the Norwegian word for bean sprouts

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.

Boodog is one local speciality of Mongolia.Boodog is made from the whole carcass of a goat roasted from the inside. To prepare this dish, the entrails and bones are taken out through

Book Tripe refers to a kind of tripe from the third stomach of the cattle, cow or ox called the Omasum which is the part of the cattle's (cow or ox) stomach which filters through all the food the cattle eats and where cud is broken down and pressed further. Book Tripe is also known as Thick Seam Tripe, Bible Tripe or Leaf Tripe since it looks like pages or leaves of a book. In the Philippines, it is used as an ingredient for making Goto, a porridge/gruel with tripe as a basic ingredient and the dish called Pinapaitan (innards cooked with beef bile which is bitter in taste when cooked)

Boortsog refer to one of Mongolia's famous pastries. They are deep-fried butter cookies, simply made from white flour, butter, sugar and salt mixed with water and oil for deep-frying. In Mongolia mutton fat is traditionally used for deep frying, but nowadays also increasingly vegetable oil. Boortsog are eaten as sweets or as a snack. Butter, honey or cheese can be used as topping for Boortsog, depending on how much sugar is used in cooking. Very often they are taken with tea by dipping them into the tea before eating. Industrial-made Boortsog can be purchased in most shops in Mongolia.

Booza means ice cream in Jordan.

Bopis is one of the dishes from the Philippines which is made from pig and cow's heart, spleen, liver and lung cut into tiny pieces sauteed in garlic, onions and simmered in tomatoes or vinegar and always with the thinly slices of spicy Bird's eye chili peppers (Siling Labuyo) to give it a spicy taste that makes it more appetizing. Salt or better Fish sauce (Patis) is added to taste.

Borani refers to a main course meat dish from Georgia which combines separately prepared chickens Tapaka and a considerable quantity of vegetables stewed separately in Matsoni . The vegetables used in Borani are spinach, string beans and eggplants with a lot of spices. Traditionally, the cooked vegetables are divided into two (2), one half is used to put the piece of chicken on it and the other half to make as the chicken topping. The dish is then seasoned with Matsoni with saffron infusion and cinnamon.

Börek refers to the Turkish dish made of thin sheets of dough that are layered, folded into various shapes, stuffed with Cheese or meat, and then grilled, baked, or fried.

Börek is a thin, flaky and filled pastries which is available in different varieties based on shapes, filling and cooking method.

Moreover, Börek is the common and general name for all filled or stuffed baked or fried pastries, made from a thin flaky dough called Yufka (filo/phyllo sheets) and filled with various ingredients. (Please see related article and pictures of Yukfa)

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Glossary B

Bonneskudd

Boodle Fight

Boodog

Book Tripe

Boortsog

Booza

Bopis

Borani

Börek

Börek / Borek / Boerek

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