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BREAD [3 records]

Record 1 2023-06-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Breadmaking
DEF

A staple food made by mixing flour and water or other liquid (often with yeast or other leavening agent) to form a dough which is then cooked, usually by baking.

PHR

loaf of bread

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boulangerie
DEF

Aliment fait de farine, d'eau, de sel et de levain, pétri, fermenté et cuit au four [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2009-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Culinary Techniques
DEF

To coat food with crumbs of flour before frying. The result is a crisp, crunchy, usually seasoned coating. Often a layer of flour, then egg, then crumbs form the coating.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Techniques culinaires
DEF

Enrober successivement un aliment de farine, d'anglaise et de chapelure ou de mie de pain.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Técnicas culinarias
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Record 3 1989-03-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • Proverbs and Maxims
  • Translation (General)
CONT

Like buttered bread state ministers usually fall on the good side. (Ludwig Borne, 1786-1837, Collected Works. Cité dans Bartlett Familiar Quotations, 1968, p. 553.)

French

Domaine(s)
  • Proverbes et dictons
  • Traduction (Généralités)
OBS

En français on parle de la Loi du maximum de vexation : la tartine tombe toujours du côté de la confiture.

Spanish

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