Talk:bloom

Bloom the gelatine
What does this recipe instruction mean? "bloom the gelatine in cold water" 86.184.161.129
 * It probably means to test the strength of the gelatine in water. See Bloom (test). Jamesjiao → T ◊ C 22:55, 16 April 2015 (UTC)
 * That's different. Blooming in this sense is about hydrating and softening dry gelatin. It can be either transitive or intransitive: one could also say "Gently stir the gelatin into the water and set it aside until it has bloomed". Chuck Entz (talk) 02:32, 17 April 2015 (UTC)


 * We're still missing this sense, I think. Equinox ◑ 18:23, 19 November 2016 (UTC)

(countable and uncountable)
For comments on (countable and uncountable) see Grease_pit/2023/December. —DIV (49.181.60.115 04:35, 9 December 2023 (UTC))