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Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

cuiller parisienne

English translation:

melon scooper

Added to glossary by judithr
Mar 9, 2011 09:33
13 yrs ago
French term

cuiller parisienne

French to English Other Cooking / Culinary Translation of recipes
This is in a list of required utensils for a poulty recipe ....
Proposed translations (English)
4 +6 melon scooper
4 +4 Melon baller
5 Melon ball

Proposed translations

+6
4 mins
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melon scooper

Just enter it into google images

http://www.google.co.uk/images?hl=en&q=cuillière parisienne&...

http://www.google.co.uk/images?um=1&hl=en&biw=995&bih=562&tb...

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Note added at 11 mins (2011-03-09 09:44:48 GMT)
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Or "melon baller"
Peer comment(s):
agree Tony M : I'm familiar with it as 'melon baller' — do note, however, that the c.p. is often a different size (or at least, is available in more sizes than the 'classic' melon baller
21 mins
Morning Tony - yes, you can get a melon baller from pea size all the way up to golf balls - although frankly I have never seen the attraction, I have never liked that sort of "playing" with food.
agree Noni Gilbert Riley
37 mins
agree Evans (X) : Yes, melon baller is the most common expression in my experience, I just agreed with Lara before I saw you had already suggested this.
1 hr
agree emiledgar : I've seen scooper (or scoop) more often than baller.
5 hrs
agree Cristina Talavera
7 hrs
agree Isabelle Barth-O'Neill :
10 hrs
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4 mins

Melon ball

I hope that it help you !

Gwendoline
Peer comment(s):
neutral Tony M : Not quite right...
21 mins
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51 mins

Melon baller

These are known by he name of MELLON BALLER in UK. Link below shows name used in various shopping sites. (I have one myself and have always called it a "melon baller")

http://www.google.co.uk/#q=melon baller&hl=en&prmd=ivns&sour...
Example sentence:

"Double-Headed MELLON BALLER : 24mm & 30mm"

"The Stellar MELON BALLER has an easy grip stainless steel handle with hanging loop and a drip hole in the scoop to remove excess liquid and to allow effortless removal of the ball."

Reference:

http://www.dennyandsons.co.uk/double-headed-melon-baller-24mm-and-30mm-p594.html

http://www.legendcookshop.co.uk/stellar-melon-baller-24922-0.html

Peer comment(s):
agree Evans (X) : This is how I usually translate this for a UK audience
43 mins
Thank you.
agree cc in nyc : this is the term that I have usually heard (USA); it also has many more Google hits than "melon scooper." Here's one of 90K: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/product.asp?SKU=11906052
5 hrs
Thank you.
agree Tony M : This is the term I'm familiar with, as originally suggested by Mark N. quite a bit earlier.
6 hrs
Thank you. (I didn't know he had suggested that, I saw "scooper".)
agree Stéphanie Denton (X)
9 hrs
Thank you.
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