May 1, 2001 08:06
23 yrs ago
French term
au petit boulé
Non-PRO
French to English
Other
Description of a recipe for baking a cake:
"Après 3 ou 4 minutes d'ébullition, contrôler la cuisson: elle est au petit boulé quand une cuillère de sirop versée dans un bol d'eau froide forme une boule molle et gluante entre les doigts."
"Après 3 ou 4 minutes d'ébullition, contrôler la cuisson: elle est au petit boulé quand une cuillère de sirop versée dans un bol d'eau froide forme une boule molle et gluante entre les doigts."
Proposed translations
(English)
0 | soft ball stage | Alison Webb |
0 | small ball | Albert Golub |
0 | solid ball stage | pinki |
Proposed translations
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soft ball stage
When making toffee in English, you boil the mixture of sugar and water until it reaches the "soft ball" stage. The test for this is just the same as the one the text describes.
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Comment: "Thanks for your help - I think it fits the context well."
11 mins
small ball
étape dans la cuisson du sucre
pour confitures, nougats, caramels etc
granddictionnaire
bonne chance
pour confitures, nougats, caramels etc
granddictionnaire
bonne chance
32 mins
solid ball stage
when u make certain recipes u test their mixture for solid ball stage by putting a pinch of that mixture between your finger
s to check whether it is sticky or not or by dropping a spoonful of that syrop or mixture in a bowl filled with water to see whether it forms a small ball in that water.
s to check whether it is sticky or not or by dropping a spoonful of that syrop or mixture in a bowl filled with water to see whether it forms a small ball in that water.
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