French translation help needed please

[bethzaring]

Yesterday I set a half gallon of yogurt that did not set up to my satisfaction. So I just removed from my freezer my last packet of dry yogurt starter culture and the instructions are in French, apparently I did not keep the other half of the packet that was in English .

What is says is;

Chauffer un litre (1 pinte) de lait a 82 * C (180 * F) ou jusqu' a ebullition


Now since the temerature in parenthesis is English, I would think the 1 pinte would also be English, but it is not. My question is how much milk to use, one quart or one pint??

Many thanks for any translation...

[Half Baked]

To heat one liter (1 pint) of milk has 82 * C (180 * F) or until
A ebullition :

Additional Translations:
ébullition nf simmer (temperature)

Compound Forms:
en ébullition high-boiling

So you either simmer it or have a rolling boil.

[bethzaring]

Thanks Jan,

I'm thinking I have figured out the seeming contradiction on the litre/pinte. The packet came in two 5g segments, and the whole 10g should have been used for a litre/quart of milk. So I am leaning toward using one pint since all I have left is 5g starter. That would explain why not all the parenthesis are in English.

[Loprraine]

"jusqu' a ebullition" = bring to a boil.

[Half Baked]

I almost said that Lopraine would know!

Morning Sweetie.

[urmaniac13]

I am 99% sure ebulition is "boiling". It is almost identical to Italian "ebolizione".

[urmaniac13]

Ah, Loprraine got the right answer already... well my guess was correct...

[Jikoni]

Originally Posted by bethzaring

Yesterday I set a half gallon of yogurt that did not set up to my satisfaction. So I just removed from my freezer my last packet of dry yogurt starter culture and the instructions are in French, apparently I did not keep the other half of the packet that was in English .

What is says is;

Chauffer un litre (1 pinte) de lait a 82 * C (180 * F) ou jusqu' a ebullition


Now since the temerature in parenthesis is English, I would think the 1 pinte would also be English, but it is not. My question is how much milk to use, one quart or one pint??

Many thanks for any translation...

It actually means heat a liter of milk until it starts to boil.sounds great.Enjoy.

[Ishbel]

Don't forget the that 'pint' may be a UK 'Imperial' pint, which I believe is differnt to US pint. It's probably best to use litre/ml measurements.

[ChefJune]

Y'all beat me to the punch!

but a litre is a bit more than a quart, so I'm not sure what the referral to "pinte" is all about. I remember a family vacation in Canada when my Mom poured what she was thinking was a quart of milk into our thermos, and the d*%n thing overflowed because there was more milk in the litre bottle than our quart thermos would hold. Good -- practical -- arithmetic lesson for a couple of kids!