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Dutch
Etymology
Literally, “blue lightning”. The sense for the mashed dish is after hete bliksem, with the peeling of cooking pears allegedly leading to blue (purple) hands.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌblɑu̯.ə ˈblɪk.səm/
Noun
blauwe bliksem m (uncountable)
- a dish of mashed potatoes, cooked pears and smoked bacon, typical of the eastern Netherlands
1985 January 12, “Warm eten en warm drinken: Blauwe bliksem”, in De Telegraaf, volume 92, number 30184, page 19:Na het schaatsen moet u ook de maaltijd eens in oud-hollandse traditie voortzetten. Zet een flinke schotel blauwe bliksem op tafel en maak maar wat meer dan anders, want de trek zal groot zijn.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- a porridge of ground wheat
- 1895, Aug. P. van Groeningen, Een nest menschen, publ. by S.L. van Looy, page 57.
Buurvrouw dronk haar kopje leeg en zei: »Het is al te laat om aardappels te koken; ik zal maar wat blauwe bliksem klaar maken, dat is gauw klaar!«- (please add an English translation of this quotation)