blancmange

[ bluh-mahnj, -mahnzh ]

/ bləˈmɑndʒ, -ˈmɑ̃ʒ /

a sweet pudding prepared with almond milk and gelatin and flavored with rum or kirsch.

a sweet, white pudding made with milk and cornstarch and flavored with vanilla.

Origin of blancmange

1350–1400; apocopated variant of Middle English blancmanger < Middle French: literally, white eating. See blank, manger

Siouxsie Sioux, another female singer, gets it even worse, being described as a “blancmange.”

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Gelatine is now frequently used for blancmange and jelly, instead of calves' feet or isinglass.

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The judge put down his pen, threw himself back in his chair, and laughed until he shook like a piece of blancmange.

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From blancmange and eggs, flavoured with lemon peel and sweetened with sugar.

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Transfer it to a blancmange mould, (previously wet with cold water,) set it on ice, and turn it out when ready for dinner.

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They came right through into the kitchen, and fell into the blancmange.

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blancmange

/ (bləˈmɒnʒ) /

a jelly-like dessert, stiffened usually with cornflour and set in a mould

C14: from Old French blanc manger, literally: white food