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GAUFRETTE [8 records]

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Record 1 2018-03-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cookies and Cookie Making
CONT

In the United States and Canada, a cookie is a small, flat-baked treat containing milk, flour, eggs, sugar, etc. In most English-speaking countries outside North America, the most common word for this is "biscuit." In many regions both terms are used, while in others the two words have different meanings (a cookie is a plain bun in Scotland, while in the United States a biscuit is a kind of quick bread similar to a scone).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biscuits et biscuiterie
DEF

Pâtisserie cuite au four composée d’un mélange de farine, d’œufs et de sucre.

OBS

Exemples de biscuits : biscotte, doigt de dame, galette, gaufrette, langue de chat, macaron, petit-beurre, sablé, tuile, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Galletas y fabricación de galletas
DEF

Pasta compuesta de harina, azúcar y a veces huevo, manteca o confituras diversas, que, dividida en trozos pequeños y moldeados o modelados en forma varia, se cuecen al horno.

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Record 2 2010-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cookies and Cookie Making
DEF

A thin, light, crisp sweet biscuit.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Biscuits et biscuiterie
DEF

Biscuit sec feuilleté, alvéolé, [souvent] fourré de crème, de confiture.

Spanish

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Record 3 2001-04-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Industries
  • Cheese and Dairy Products

French

Domaine(s)
  • Industrie de l'alimentation
  • Laiterie, beurrerie et fromagerie

Spanish

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Record 4 2001-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Recipes

French

Domaine(s)
  • Recettes de cuisine

Spanish

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Record 5 1993-01-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Collection Items (Museums and Heritage)
  • Cooking Appliances

French

Domaine(s)
  • Objets de collection (Muséologie et Patrimoine)
  • Appareils de cuisson des aliments

Spanish

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Record 6 1991-10-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chocolate and Confectionery

French

Domaine(s)
  • Confiserie et chocolaterie

Spanish

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Record 7 1988-01-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Dentistry
OBS

Bite-recording wafer consisting of aluminum foil laminated between 2 layers of soft wax.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Dentisterie

Spanish

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Record 8 1985-01-16

English

Subject field(s)
  • Currency and Foreign Exchange
DEF

One ounce of pure gold having the form of a wafer biscuit.

OBS

The 1st of March 1983, it was worth 525 $ CDN.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Politique monétaire et marché des changes
OBS

Répondant au désir des gens ordinaires d’acheter de l'or, on en est venu aux petits lingots ne pesant qu'une once. Éviter "gaufrette d’or" qui fait un peu trop "biscuit". Renseignements obtenus de la Banque de Nouvelle-Écosse à Montréal, Service de traduction.

Spanish

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