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Glossary entry

Nederlands term or phrase:

een marmer

Engels translation:

marble slab

    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2011-04-29 15:55:29 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)
Apr 26, 2011 13:21
13 yrs ago
Nederlands term

een marmer

Nederlands naar Engels Techniek Werktuigbouwkunde / mechanische techniek Chocolate melting pot instruction manual
The sentence reads: "Giet 2/3 van de chocolade op een marmer, en bewerk deze tot de chocolade lichtjes indikt."
But surely I cannot translate "een marmer" as simply "a marble"? Perhaps the meaning is "a marble surface"...
Incidentally this is a Flemish text.
Thanks for any help on this!
Proposed translations (Engels)
4 +7 marble slab
4 +1 a marble surface
1 -1 an untensil to mix white and black chocolate

Discussion

Dave Greatrix Apr 27, 2011:
@Kirsten. Marble is used for tempering, primarily because of its cooling property, chocolate will stick to marble, but the chocolatier removes it from the marble before it is totally hard. He or she then moulds or shapes the chocolate further.
Dave Greatrix Apr 26, 2011:
As Fiona rightly says, this is a way of tempering chocolate - So nothing to do with cakes or moulds.
Talitha Wilsnagh Apr 26, 2011:
Problem is, it can be a marble cake or mould. I don't think you'll simply pour chocolate onto a marble surface.

Proposed translations

+7
25 min
Selected

marble slab

It has to do with tempering chocolate. I think marble is used because it is a cool surface, and the temperature is very important when working with chocolate.
Reference:

http://www.extremechocolate.com/musthave-chocolate-kitchen-tools.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Dave Greatrix
7 min
Thanks, Dave!
agree David Walker (X)
15 min
Thanks, David!
agree Suzan Hamer : Ymkje's reply is also correct, but Fiona's is more specific: http://www.thekitchn.com/thekitchn/frugality/frugal-tip-buy-...
1 uur
Thanks, Suzan!
agree Tina Vonhof (X)
2 uren
Thanks, Tina!
agree Lianne van de Ven
2 uren
Thanks, Lianne!
neutral Kirsten Bodart : Marble is used mainly because it does not stick, or so I gather from my grandparents.
3 uren
Thanks, Kirsten!
agree bertvandermoer : Hier wordt volgens mij een losse marmeren plaat = slab bedoeld
9 uren
Dat denk ik ook, juist omdat er "een" voor staat.
agree Ymkje Kuipers : Better than surface
1 dag 1 uur
Dank je
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Fiona! And thanks to everyone who put a bit of their time into this."
+1
5 min

a marble surface

as you indicated
Peer comment(s):
agree Kirsten Bodart : I actually prefer this way of saying it as it does not imply that an extra piece of marble should be taken to the place where the chocolate is tempered. The main thing is that the surface must be marble.
3 uren
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-1
4 uren

an untensil to mix white and black chocolate

gemarmerd means marbled
Peer comment(s):
disagree Dave Greatrix : This is clearly to do with tempering of chocolate, "OP een marmer".
15 uren
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