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Blubb

English translation: with real cream sauce

13:40 Aug 28, 2009
German to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Cooking / Culinary
German term or phrase: Blubb
I am translating a recipe from the Cologne region
Bierkutscher spezial
2 Spiegeleier mit Bratkartoffen und Rahmspinat (der mit dem Blubb!)
My research on Google indicates that Blubb does not mean anything at all or at most maybe bubbling, but I can´t simply omit it. Any gourmets out there?

Thanks!
Christine Lam
Local time: 19:39
English translation:with real cream sauce
Explanation:
If I remember correctly, Iglo is Birds Eye in the UK. The product name there: Birds Eye® Creamed Spinach with a Real Cream Sauce (see link below).

So I'd go for "with creamed spinach (the one with real cream sauce)" -> this still implies the branding, because when you google it only 95 hits come up and at first glance they are all for Birds Eye coupons...
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Birgit Gläser
Germany
Local time: 01:39
Grading comment
thank you!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer



Summary of answers provided
5 +1the one with real cream
Isabelle Wiehle
4 +1with real cream sauce
Birgit Gläser
4 -1blub
Lonnie Legg
3ultra-creamy twist
Vere Barzilai
3 -1plop
Kim Metzger
Summary of reference entries provided
related discussion
NatM

Discussion entries: 10





  

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15 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): -1
plop


Explanation:
The spinach with the "plop"

Speedy was either a little boy or an elf (opinions vary) whose body was primarily one Alka-Seltzer tablet while he wore another as a hat; he proclaimed Alka-Seltzer's virtues and sang the "Plop, plop, fizz, fizz" song in his high, squeaky voice

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alka-Seltzer


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Note added at 18 mins (2009-08-28 13:59:05 GMT)
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Or with the creamy "plop" or plop of cream

Kim Metzger
Mexico
Local time: 17:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 121

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
disagree  David Williams: Sorry Kim, but I don't think there is an equivalent catch phrase used in England, at any rate. Certainly not anywhere as well known as "der mit dem Blubb" in Germany. This would call for the equivalent of translating "Tempo" as "Kleenex". // Thanks Kim!
17 mins
  -> I like your idea of adding the recommended brand name. Iglo, the spinach with the "plop" of cream
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2 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
with real cream sauce


Explanation:
If I remember correctly, Iglo is Birds Eye in the UK. The product name there: Birds Eye® Creamed Spinach with a Real Cream Sauce (see link below).

So I'd go for "with creamed spinach (the one with real cream sauce)" -> this still implies the branding, because when you google it only 95 hits come up and at first glance they are all for Birds Eye coupons...


    https://www.birdseyefoods.com/inspiration/products/product.aspx?imcmd=5&textkey=7990416A466C&category=spinach&ban=1&brand=birdseye
Birgit Gläser
Germany
Local time: 01:39
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thank you!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Textklick: I am delighted to agree with you. I notice from your profile that you are an 'end customer' and I am keen to develop contacts with end customers. Do let me know whether I can be of further assistance.
6 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +1
the one with real cream


Explanation:
Funny to see the 'Blubb' popping up - forgive the pun. Yes, it was used in German TV advertising to make spinach more appealing.
I didn't know that the term is still widely in use when referring to creamed spinach it's with Blubb (Rahmspinat) and without Blubb for loose leaf spinach.


    Reference: http://www.focus.de/gesundheit/ernaehrung/news/tiefkuehlspin...
Isabelle Wiehle
United Kingdom
Local time: 00:39
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Birgit Gläser: just add the "sauce" and you are back at the Iglo/Birds Eye branding. Also you can get the chopped (i.e. sauce-like) spinach also without cream
1 hr
neutral  Textklick: I'd say that's pretty close.
5 hrs
agree  Rosa Paredes: This is what it is
13 hrs
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4 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): -1
blub


Explanation:
Why not "The one with the "blub" (i.e. extra thick)."?
The source word refers to the sound of steam bubbles popping on the surface of the cream-thickened spinach. And that sound is conveyed in English by "blub".


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Note added at 4 hrs (2009-08-28 18:01:01 GMT)
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Or better (sorry, I hit Enter too quickly): "The kind that goes blub (i.e. extra thick)."

Of course, my suggestion applies only if you care (or need) to preserve the whimsy (and ad-lingo) of the original.

Example sentence(s):
  • blub blub: The sound of the number two electronics company in America (Circuit City Inc.) going under.
  • And All the Cheese Goes Blub Blub Blub, Ellios Pizza!

    Reference: http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=blub%20blub
    Reference: http://digg.com/food_drink/And_All_the_Cheese_Goes_Blub_Blub...
Lonnie Legg
Germany
Local time: 01:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 22

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Birgit Gläser: The original slogan was "Mit dem Blubb frischer Sahne" and then they showed a dollop of cread dropping from a spoon into the pot. Nothing to do with consistency, it is actually quite thin so that some people even use it as spaghetti sauce...
1 hr
neutral  Textklick: See question: recipe or TV spot? Blub says bugger all to me in a culinary context, but maybe that's an expression that cuts the mustard on 'the other side of the pond'.
5 hrs
disagree  sylvie malich (X): doesn't sound very appetizing. besides, it's too close to blob.
15 hrs
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20 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5
ultra-creamy twist


Explanation:
creamed spinach (the one with the ultra-creamy twist) - this is the blubb, I would say :)


Vere Barzilai
Israel
Local time: 02:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 7
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Reference comments


8 mins peer agreement (net): +6
Reference: related discussion

Reference information:
Here's another good explanation at Yahoo!Answers


    Reference: http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20060807052758AA...
NatM
Germany
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman

Peer comments on this reference comment (and responses from the reference poster)
agree  mary austria: Good job!
4 mins
agree  Inge Meinzer
7 mins
agree  David Williams
23 mins
neutral  Nicole Schnell: This brand and the commercials are much older (I grew up with it and I am nearly 50) than the spoof by V. Feldbusch. //Sorry, this was supposed to be "neutral", not "disagree" :-)
40 mins
agree  Thomas Pfann: Typical case of an advertising slogan becoming a household phrase.
1 hr
agree  Barbara Wiebking
3 hrs
agree  Textklick: Sure. But what does it tell us?
9 hrs
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