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Lynn K Busby

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Jul 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/12/99
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Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
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Lynn K Busby

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It's a bib, if memory serves me right. Don't know how it would be used in a
culinary context, though.


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LynnMacom

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Could you be talking about bavaroise?
In the Book "The New Professional Chef" from C.I.A. it explains this as
" A type of custard made from heavy cream and eggs; it is sweetened,
flavored, and stabilized with gelatin."

Dave Ritter

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Bavoir is the French word for a child's bib. In French it is also called a bavette.

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TJ

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Lynn K Busby wrote:
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> Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
> French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
> Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
> --

Do you mean bavarois: Bavarian creme?
tj

Michel Boucher

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Jul 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/12/99
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On Tue, 13 Jul 1999 00:15:16 +0200, rebecca didt
<pge9...@studserv.uni-leipzig.de> wrote:

>Could it be 'bavaroise'? If so, it's a flavoured Creme Anglaise with
>gelatine to set it. The kind of thing you find in the middle of a
>Charlotte Russe. - Rebecca

Excuse me if I am coming in sideways...I never saw the original
question, but a "bavoir" is a "bib" in French, if that makes any
sense.


Um...er...where was I? Oh, yes...macaroni and cheese...
best if made with a smooth oil-based bechamel and
thin strips of jalapenos to liven the party.


Dave Ritter

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Quite simple: bavoir and bavette are the same they are French for a child's bib. Bavoir
is NOT a food.

Dave

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Jim Graham

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Actually, "bavette" IS a food. It's the French name for a cut of beef (flank steak, I
think), but I doubt that's what the original post is refering to.

Dave Ritter

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Jim,

I just checked my Larousse dictionaries printed in Paris for the French. My first
response about bavette being a child's bib was from the Larousse to Pouche (pocket
Larousse); it only gives the single bib explanation. After your response I decided to
check my Petite Larousse (small Larousse, but still 6.5 cm thick versus the 2 cm thick
pocket version). Petite Larousse give the bib explanation first, but then continues with
bavette being a cut of beef, also called the pot-au-feu; since I don't know American beef
cut locations, I can't tell what the equivalent is from the diagram, but its halfway down
the side towards the back end.

There is also a third definition for bavette: it is the skin folds under the beak of
certain geese.

There is also a larger French dictionary, the Grand Larousse, but I don't have a copy of
it.

The Petit Larousse still only gives the single bib definition for bavoir; still not a
food.

Dave

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Lynn K Busby

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Jul 12, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/12/99
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In article <378A00D3...@swbell.net>, LynnMacom <lma...@swbell.net>
writes

>Could you be talking about bavaroise?
>In the Book "The New Professional Chef" from C.I.A. it explains this as
> " A type of custard made from heavy cream and eggs; it is sweetened,
>flavored, and stabilized with gelatin."
>
>Lynn K Busby wrote:
>>
>> Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
>> French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
>> Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
>> --
>> Lynn K Busby
Yes! Thank you, you are spot on! Do you also perchance happen to have
a recipe?

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Lynn K Busby

rebecca didt

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Jul 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/13/99
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Dirk

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Jul 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/13/99
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Hi Lynn,
All the answers about a bavoir being a bib are correct. I think however
that you might be looking for baveuse. If an omelette is of the right
consistency, we would refer to it as being baveuse. Check your recipe and
see if this makes sense.
Hope this helps.
Dirk
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Henk Hardendood

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Jul 13, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/13/99
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Hello Lynn (and anyone alse interested),
You answered the question almost by yourself, It refers to an omelette where
the center must be left slightly runny.


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maryf

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Jul 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/14/99
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LynnMacom wrote:
>
> Could you be talking about bavaroise?
> In the Book "The New Professional Chef" from C.I.A. it explains this as
> " A type of custard made from heavy cream and eggs; it is sweetened,
> flavored, and stabilized with gelatin."
>
> Lynn K Busby wrote:
> >
> > Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
> > French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
> > Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
> > --
> > Lynn K Busby


Look a for a bavarian, under desserts :-). It's wonderful!
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Lynn K Busby wrote:
>
> In article <378A00D3...@swbell.net>, LynnMacom <lma...@swbell.net>
> writes
> >Could you be talking about bavaroise?
> >In the Book "The New Professional Chef" from C.I.A. it explains this as
> > " A type of custard made from heavy cream and eggs; it is sweetened,
> >flavored, and stabilized with gelatin."
> >
> >Lynn K Busby wrote:
> >>
> >> Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
> >> French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
> >> Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
> >> --
> >> Lynn K Busby
> Yes! Thank you, you are spot on! Do you also perchance happen to have
> a recipe?
>
> --
> Lynn K Busby

a "bavoir" in french is not at all a dish
"baver" means saliva dropping out of your mouth,
and a "bavoir" is normally for children (as adults manage to keep it in
their mouth...) it is a sort of towel you put around your neck
adults use it when they eat potentially dirtying stuff like seafood, or
lobster

bon appetit anyway

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rebecca didt

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Lynn K Busby wrote:

> Yes! Thank you, you are spot on! Do you also perchance happen to have
> a recipe?

I do! Both of these come from the Roux brothers' patisserie book. - Rebecca

Grand Marnier Bavaroise

300 ml milk
4 egg yolks
80 g sugar
1 1/2 leaves of gelatine
60 ml Grand Marnier
250 ml double cream

Make a creme anglaise with the milk, egg yolks and sugar, and cool to room
temperature. Soak the gelatine in cold water for 20 minutes then drain well.
Gently warm the Grand Marnier and stir in the gelatine. Beat the cream till it
forms a ribbon. Stir the Grand Marnier into the cooled creme anglaise, then
*carefully* fold in the whipped cream.

Chocolate Bavaroise

100 g plain cooking chocolate or couverture
300 ml milk
3 egg yolks
20 g flour
1 leaf gelatine
300 ml double cream

Soak the gelatine in cold water for 20 minutes. Break the chocolate into pieces
then make a creme patissiere with the chocolate, milk, egg yolks, sugar and
flour. Drain the gelatine then stir into the creme patissiere. Leave to cool to
room temperature. Beat the cream till it forms a ribbon, then carefully fold
into the cooled creme patissiere.

In the recipe I have, the Bavaroises were marbled together in a sponge lined
flan ring and left to set for 4 hours in the fridge, and served very cold.


LynnMacom

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Jul 14, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/14/99
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Gorgonzola Custard

Butter 2 ounces 60 grams
Onions, minced 6 ounces 170 grams
Heavy Cream 20 ounces 600 grams
Eggs 6 each 6 each
Gorgonzola 5 ounces 140 grams
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste

Sauté the onions in the butter until they are translucent. Cool them.
Combine the onions, Heavy cream, eggs, and Gorgonzola cheese in a mixing
bowl. Season to taste.
Spoon the custard into buttered 4-fluid ounce (120 milliliter) ramekins.
Bake the custards in a bain-marie in a preheated 350F (175C) oven until
a knife blade inserted in their centers comes out clean. Serve the
custards hot or at room temperature, either molded or in ramekins.

Lynn K Busby wrote:
>
> In article <378A00D3...@swbell.net>, LynnMacom <lma...@swbell.net>
> writes
> >Could you be talking about bavaroise?
> >In the Book "The New Professional Chef" from C.I.A. it explains this as
> > " A type of custard made from heavy cream and eggs; it is sweetened,
> >flavored, and stabilized with gelatin."
> >
> >Lynn K Busby wrote:
> >>
> >> Excuse my ignorance (and probably spelling too!) but what is a bavoir?
> >> French dictionary yields information about slime, slobber etc, or runny?
> >> Could it be unset eggs or something? It's bugging me that I don't know!
> >> --
> >> Lynn K Busby

> Yes! Thank you, you are spot on! Do you also perchance happen to have
> a recipe?
>

> --
> Lynn K Busby

Yvonne

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Jul 19, 1999, 3:00:00 AM7/19/99
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It's a bib.........

Yvonne from Ontario

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Jul 13, 2018, 8:58:11 PM7/13/18
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This is probably what she's looking for, it's what I am looking for too I can tell by the description and how I've seen it made without knowing how to spell it. Thank you.

Boron Elgar

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On Fri, 13 Jul 2018 17:58:07 -0700 (PDT), occa...@gmail.com wrote:

>This is probably what she's looking for, it's what I am looking for too I can tell by the description and how I've seen it made without knowing how to spell it. Thank you.


Just a spelling thing and you'll be right on it! It's bavarois
or......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavarian_cream
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