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MARMELADE [2 records]

Record 1 2007-05-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Food Preservation and Canning
  • Fruits and Vegetables (Types and Processing - Food Ind.)
DEF

A jamlike preserve made by boiling the pulp and usually the sliced up rinds, of oranges or other fruits with sugar.

OBS

In Anglo-American usage the term almost invariably refers to a conserve derived from oranges or from some other citrus fruit. Typically the recipe will include sliced fruit peel and will prescribe a long cooking time in order to soften the peel. Such marmalade is most often consumed on toasted bread as part of a full English breakfast.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Conservation des aliments et conserverie
  • Fruits et légumes (Types et traitement - Alimentation)
DEF

Préparation de fruits, laissés entiers ou coupés en morceaux, cuits avec du sucre.

OBS

Dans le commerce la dénomination «marmelade» s'applique seulement aux préparations à base d'agrumes (oranges, citrons).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Conservación de los alimentos y elaboración de conservas
  • Frutas y verduras (Tipos y procesamiento - Ind. alimentaria)
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Record 2 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Regional Dialects and Expressions
OBS

Américanisme composé de "squirt" et "swish"; voir "porte-manteau" words.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Régionalismes et usages particuliers

Spanish

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