Entry: blancmange (n.)
In context: "There was also a blancmange."
Definition: A sweetmeat made of dissolved isinglass or gelatine boiled with milk, etc., and forming an opaque white jelly; also a preparation of cornflour and milk, with flavouring substances.
Other: Even my admittedly weak French was enough to get "white food" out of blancmange.
SNOOT score: 1
Page: 747
Source: Oxford English Dictionary
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