Zelfrijzend bakmeel

English translation: self-rising flour; self-raising flour; self rising flour; selfrising flour

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Dutch term or phrase:	Zelfrijzend bakmeel
English translation:	self-rising flour; self-raising flour; self rising flour; selfrising flour
Entered by:	Derek Gill Franßen

22:17 Oct 21, 2004

Dutch to English translations [Non-PRO]
Cooking / Culinary

Dutch term or phrase: Zelfrijzend bakmeel

it is a kind of flower, but it has a special ingredient that makes it rise automatically

Thijs van den Dries

self-rising flour

Explanation:
This link describes what it is made of (see: http://www.pastrywiz.com/archive/recipe/0120.htm). :-)

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Note added at 8 mins (2004-10-21 22:26:06 GMT)
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Also see \"Zelf Bakken\": http://www.kaasnco.com/English/Shopping/2003Catalog.pdf

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Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 09:06

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Thank you, especially the side you added was useful!
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self-rising flour

Derek Gill Franßen

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self-rising flour

Derek Gill Franßen
Germany
Local time: 09:06
Native speaker of: English

Grading comment

Thank you, especially the side you added was useful!

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agree

Miriam Linschoten, PhD (X): or self-raising

8 mins

-> Yes, thank you Miriam (cf. http://www.freesearch.co.uk/dictionary/selfrising)! :-)

agree

Maya Kruger: Also ok to spell as selfrising.

10 mins

-> Yes, or even my preferred spelling "self rising". Thank you Maya. :-)

agree

J. Leo (X)

16 mins

-> Dank u wel James. :-)

agree

Ton Remkes: 'self-rising'! [After further investigation, I fully agree that a hyphen is common practice here!]

2 hrs

-> Yes, that is also my preferred spelling (I like to avoid hyphens if I can). Thank you Ton. :-)

agree

joeky janusch

8 hrs

-> Dank u wel Joeky.

agree

Dierk Widmann

8 hrs

-> Thank you Expat.

agree

FionaT: self-rising is used in US, self-raising in UK.

8 hrs

-> Exactly, see the link in my added note to Miriam's comment. Thank you Fiona. :-)

agree

Chris Hopley: Google hits suggest a more or less equal divide between 'self-raising flour' and 'self-rising flour': +/- 20,000 hits each

9 hrs

-> Yes, in this case, they really are interchangeable. Thank you Chris. :-)

agree

vixen

10 hrs

-> Dank u wel Vixen.

agree

Iris70

10 hrs

-> Dank u wel Iris.

agree

Christina Middel: Oh, how hungry I get from reading on your second link :-)

1 day 52 mins

-> Me too! Thank you Christina.

agree

Elise Jansen (X)

3 days 7 hrs

-> Dank u wel Elise.

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