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Glossary entry

English term or phrase:

butter potatoes

French translation:

pommes de terre à chair jaune

Added to glossary by Adélaïde Noblet
Apr 7, 2015 14:31
9 yrs ago
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English term

butter potatoes

Non-PRO English to French Other Cooking / Culinary Recette de cuisine
Bonjour,

Comment traduiriez-vous "butter potatoes" dans la liste des ingrédients d'une recette de cuisine à base de fruits de mer ?

Merci pour votre aide ! :-)

Adélaïde
Proposed translations (French)
4 +5 Pommes de terre à chair jaune
3 +5 pommes de terre au beurre
4 -2 Bintje
References
Butter Potatoes = Yukon Gold (or other variety of golden) Potatoes?
Change log

Apr 7, 2015 15:27: mchd changed "Level" from "PRO" to "Non-PRO"

Votes to reclassify question as PRO/non-PRO:

PRO (1): Sheri P

Non-PRO (3): GILLES MEUNIER, AnneMarieG, mchd

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Discussion

Adélaïde Noblet (asker) Apr 12, 2015:
Merci à tous pour votre aide ! J'ai opté pour les pommes de terre à chair jaune.

Bon dimanche ! :-)
Adélaïde Noblet (asker) Apr 8, 2015:
Je viens de vérifier... Il s'agit bien d'une recette US. Les pommes de terre apparaissent uniquement dans la liste des ingrédients et pas dans la description de la recette.
Nicolas Carlier Apr 7, 2015:
Et donc Adélaide tu optes pour quel terme ?
Nesrine Echroudi Apr 7, 2015:
Most people use starchy Russets for mashed potatoes. With their high starch and low water content, they’re good for baking, for making French fries, and for mashing. Here’s my secret though—even better than Russets for mashing are Yukon Golds. They’re a little more expensive than Russets, but worth it. They’re naturally creamy when mashed, never mealy, and have a slightly buttery flavor all on their own. Yukon golds make the most perfectly creamy, buttery mashed potatoes.
butter otatoes are the potatoes with gold chair!
But when you localize a menu or a recipe you do use local terms and Bintje is the most used potato type in France for fries & mushed potatoes.
Tony M Apr 7, 2015:
@ Asker It would be very helpful to know the origin of this recipe: North America or Europe? If that isn't totally clear, then perhaps you could give us some of the other ingredients and quantitites, so we can decide for ourselves.
Debora Blake Apr 7, 2015:
Une façon de les préparer Bien que figurant dans la liste des ingrédients, je pense que "Butter Potatoes" fait référence à ce qui accompagne les fruits de mer. Elles sont servies avec le plat principal. Il s'agit de pommes de terre enveloppées dans du papier alu, avec du beurre et cuites au four pendant un certain temps. Voir ici. http://allrecipes.com/recipe/butter-potatoes/
Sheri P Apr 7, 2015:
If this appears simply as "butter potatoes" in a list of ingredients for a recipe, I would think it refers to a type of potato, not to potatoes with/in butter. For example, sometimes Yukon Gold potatoes are called "butter potatoes" in the US.
Claire Bouchery Apr 7, 2015:
Qu'est-ce-que c'est que cette recette ?! Très bizarre !
Gwenl Apr 7, 2015:
D'accord avec AnneMarie :)
AnneMarieG Apr 7, 2015:
pommes de terre au beurre ? ... je n'ai pê pas compris la question... heure du thé...

Proposed translations

+5
36 mins
Selected

Pommes de terre à chair jaune

Ce sont des pommes de terre à chair jaune originaires d'Amérique du Nord du type Yukon Gold, Alby's Gold, Charlotte, Rose Gold.
Peer comment(s):
agree Sheri P
16 mins
agree writeaway : Thankfully Sheri P already provided the references. Imo this is right, considering it's part of a recipe and not a description of the actual dish being served.
32 mins
agree Tony M : Supposing this is a US recipe, this seems by far the most plausible solution.
2 hrs
agree Annie Rigler
4 hrs
agree Estelle Demontrond-Box
5 hrs
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Merci pour votre suggestion ! Bon dimanche à vous. :-)"
+5
3 mins

pommes de terre au beurre

je pense qu'il s'agit de pommes de terre au beurre accompagné de fruits de mer, mais peux-tu fournir plus de contexte ?

Bien à toi,

Nicolas
Note from asker:
Bonjour Nicolas. Merci pour ta suggestion. Je n'ai malheureusement pas plus de contexte. Les pommes de terre apparaissent uniquement dans la liste des ingrédients de la recette. Bonne journée. Adélaïde
Peer comment(s):
agree Anne-Sophie Cardinal : j'allais proposer la même chose! je suis d'accord. :)
1 min
merci Anne-Sophie :)
agree Alexandre Tissot
3 mins
agree Katia CULOT
22 mins
agree Chakib Roula
40 mins
agree Kévin Bernier : quite simply so
2 hrs
neutral Tony M : Seems highly unlikely in a list of ingredients; I think Sheri is right, that this is referring to a type of potato
3 hrs
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-2
52 mins

Bintje

Ces pommes de terre sont utilisées pour la confection de purées ou de frites, et pour la fabrication des produits transformés (chips, croquettes, frites surgelées, etc.).
ça marche bien avec les poissons et les fruits de mer !

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Note added at 4 hrs (2015-04-07 18:38:00 GMT)
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I think recipes & menues should be localized not just translated!
Butter potatoes are the gold fleshed potatoes used most to make fries and mashed potatoes. The most known type of potatoes used for that in France & Belgium is the Bintje.
People in France when they are to make a recipe, probably they will not find Yakon or Russets but they will find the Bintje !
Reference:

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bintje

Note from asker:
Merci pour votre suggestion. Bonne journée ! :-)
Peer comment(s):
disagree writeaway : nothing to do with Bintjes. no indication whatsoever.
24 mins
butter potatoes are the one with gold chair like the Yokon or Russets used most for mushed potatoes & fries and the most known type of potatoes used in France & Belgium for these uses is the Bintje, I think translation is not about reporting word by word
disagree Tony M : I have to agree with W/A here: there is no clue it might be Bintje, and they hardly count as 'yellow fleshed'. / if you're looking for a local variety, then Charlotte would be more appropriate (and also available in other countries, unlike Bintje)
2 hrs
respect your way of thinking :) But please check mine above !! Thank you!
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Reference comments

33 mins
Reference:

Butter Potatoes = Yukon Gold (or other variety of golden) Potatoes?

A sign at my local grocery store identified the bag as "Yukon Gold/butter" potatoes...All the gold fleshed potatoes are called butter potatoes because they are all buttery in texture with a butter color...
http://www.quora.com/Are-Yukon-Gold-potatoes-the-same-as-but...

There are many different varieties [of potato] called "butter" and many have gold as part of their name.

Yukon Gold (the most common)
Alby's Gold
Charlotte
Crackled Butterball
German Butterball
Rose Gold
http://forums2.gardenweb.com/discussions/1407390/butter-pota...

Yukon Gold Butter Potatoes
http://www.wegmans.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisp...
Note from asker:
Merci pour les références ! :-)
Peer comments on this reference comment:
agree writeaway : makes sense as part of a recipe and not just the finished dish/well, I usually find that recipes tend to list ingredients, donc.......
34 mins
makes sense to me too, as long as it's an ingredient
agree AnneMarieG : sauf que cette variété n'est pas commercialisée en Europe (à ma connaissance)
1 hr
Merci !
agree Tony M : At least we do have Charlotte over here in Europe ;-)
3 hrs
Thanks, Tony!
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