pudding cloth

Spanish translation: lienzo (de cocina)

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English term or phrase:pudding cloth
Spanish translation:lienzo (de cocina)

15:53 Aug 12, 2001
English to Spanish translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: pudding cloth
It is a cloth used for cooking, that I can imagine, but I'd like to know what kind of cloth it is, e.g., what it is made of, other uses...
The exact context is in the 19th century, someone is talking about wrapping a child in a pudding cloth and leaving it on the doorstep for someone to adopt it. ¿Can I just say "trapo de cocina?
Pablo Fdez. Moriano
Spain
Local time: 19:57
lienzo para hervir
Explanation:
Estimado Pablofermo:
Se trata especificamente de un lienzo, es decir un pedazo de tela de lino o de cáñamo que se utiliza para envolver el platillo que se desea hervir.

"...Envolver este paquete en un lienzo limpio, atar los extremos para que se mantenga cerrado y hervir en abundante agua con sal, por 20 minutos. Retirar ..."

Suerte y saludos de Oso :^)
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Oso (X)
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Gracias por tu respuesta. Creo que lienzo es la palabra que estaba buscando. Además, suena más arcaica que trapo o paño, con lo que puedo conservar mejor el sabor de la lengua de hace un siglo; ahora que lo pienso, he leído en alguna parte eso de envolver niños en lienzos. ¡¡Te has ganado 4 puntos!!
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Summary of answers provided
na +1lienzo para hervir
Oso (X)
natrapo de cocina
Terry Burgess
nasee explanation
Leliadoura
napaño de cocina
CCW


  

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10 mins
trapo de cocina


Explanation:
Hi Pablo!
I've checked several sources but I can't find the specific term "pudding cloth" in Spanish. I remember from childhood that my mother used to make Christmas puddings. She would steam them in a pot which she covered with with a thick cotton cloth...well that was a long time ago:-)

Unless a colleague can come up with a better answer, I think "trapo de cocina" would be fine.

Hope this helps:-)
terry


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Terry Burgess
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13 mins
see explanation


Explanation:
Pudding cloth is any cloth used to boil pudding (the pudding ingredients are wrapped inside the cloth and boiled this way).
So I think it could be translated as paño para preparar o hervir pudding. No creo que haya un término más específico en castellano.
:)

Leliadoura
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30 mins
paño de cocina


Explanation:
Yo diría "paño de cocina"


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CCW
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1 hr peer agreement (net): +1
lienzo para hervir


Explanation:
Estimado Pablofermo:
Se trata especificamente de un lienzo, es decir un pedazo de tela de lino o de cáñamo que se utiliza para envolver el platillo que se desea hervir.

"...Envolver este paquete en un lienzo limpio, atar los extremos para que se mantenga cerrado y hervir en abundante agua con sal, por 20 minutos. Retirar ..."

Suerte y saludos de Oso :^)



    Reference: http://www.supercampo.uol.com.ar/edicion_0071/seccion_05_coc...
Oso (X)
Native speaker of: Native in SpanishSpanish
PRO pts in pair: 9863
Grading comment
Gracias por tu respuesta. Creo que lienzo es la palabra que estaba buscando. Además, suena más arcaica que trapo o paño, con lo que puedo conservar mejor el sabor de la lengua de hace un siglo; ahora que lo pienso, he leído en alguna parte eso de envolver niños en lienzos. ¡¡Te has ganado 4 puntos!!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Camara
6 hrs
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