# blancmange

> English word · Noun · IPA /bləˈmɒndʒ/

## Definitions
1. A simple dessert made by cooking sweetened milk with cornstarch and vanilla.
2. Something soft, weak, and wobbly.
3. A dish, eaten in the Middle Ages, generally consisting of chicken (or sometimes capon or fish), milk or almond milk, rice, and sugar.

## Etymology
From Middle English blancmanger, blomanger, from Old French blanc mangier (“white food”). The pudding evolved from the chicken dish. Compare French blanc-manger.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-09-03.
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