Thread: Use of "blitz" to mean using a blender.

On 10/10/2012 6:50 PM, janice wrote:
> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>
I've watched cooking shows in both the UK and US, and have only noticed
"blitz" on the UK shows.

> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
> the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why
> is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing
> word?

Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
usage.

"Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

I think "nuke" (in the microwave) is American, though.

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"janice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
> it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?

I'm in the US and I've never heard it.

Jack Campin <[email protected]> writes:

>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers
>> use the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period
>> of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of
>> "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but
>> why is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good
>> existing word?
>
> Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
> retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
> circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
> usage.

Well quite. Why on earth should "blitz" be from American?
>
> "Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

It does "let's blitz the house this weekend", but it can mean to make a
sudden approach (dare I say "lightening attack") on anything. "I'm
going to blitz the paperwork today".

> I think "nuke" (in the microwave) is American, though.

How about "zap"?

janice wrote:

> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English..snip

I kinda doubt it. I've not heard that term used here.

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On 10/10/2012 4:50 PM, janice wrote:
> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it does is replace a perfectly good existing word?
>

I used to think it was strange when I would read or hear "whirr" or
"whirl" to describe using a blender or food processor.

gloria p

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 23:50:58 +0100, janice <[email protected]> wrote:

>I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
>term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
>What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?

Blender, not Mr Buzzy?

On Thu, 11 Oct 2012 00:05:31 +0100, Jack Campin
<[email protected]> wrote:

>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
>> the term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why
>> is it so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing
>> word?
>
>Since Britain got much more thoroughly blitzed than the US and has
>retained the folk memory of its blitzification with a lot of
>circumstantial detail, I'd expect it to be an indigenous British
>usage.
>
>"Blitz" in BrE more often means "clean thoroughly".

Quite a few Americans, and this one included, have a container of
Blitz polish in the closet. Blitz is best-known for a jewelry
cleaning polish and treated jewelry polishing cloths.

The company was founded in 1912 and the products were developed then.
The company's history page does not say if the original name of the
company or the product was "Blitz", though.

I associate "blitz" with WWII, but have no idea when the word was
coined.


--
Tony Cooper - Orlando, Florida

On Oct 10, 3:50*pm, janice <inva...@nospam.com> wrote:
> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>
> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>
> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>

"Blend" implies thoroughness. "Blitz" means lightning-fast.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 17:46:06 -0600, gloria p <[email protected]>
wrote:

>On 10/10/2012 4:50 PM, janice wrote:
>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use the
>> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is it
>> so widespread when all it does is replace a perfectly good existing word?
>>
>
>I used to think it was strange when I would read or hear "whirr" or
>"whirl" to describe using a blender or food processor.

Don't remember hearing whirr used for a blender, try whiz. Whirr does
not stem from whirl, albiet it's used to describe the soond of soming
whirling. Whirr is an onomatopoeia, a word that mimics a sound, in
this case usually the sound an insect makes. Whiz is the American
spelling, the UK spelling is whizz.

Blitz is actually the Brtish shortening of the German blitzkrieg...
first known use 1939... nothing American about blitz. Cooks make up
all kinds of terminology, professional cooks are typically not very
educated... kitchen work requires no formal education, which is why so
many uneducated illegals in the US gravitate towards kitchen work. One
needn't be literate to cook well.

On 10/10/2012 9:51 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>
>
> Blitz is actually the Brtish shortening of the German blitzkrieg...
> first known use 1939... nothing American about blitz.

Blitz is German for lightning.
Blitzkrieg means lightning war.


Cooks make up
> all kinds of terminology, professional cooks are typically not very
> educated... kitchen work requires no formal education, which is why so
> many uneducated illegals in the US gravitate towards kitchen work. One
> needn't be literate to cook well.

Some of the uneducated become navy cooks.

On Wed, 10 Oct 2012 21:58:55 -0400, Dave Smith
<[email protected]> wrote:

>On 10/10/2012 9:51 PM, Brooklyn1 wrote:
>>
>>
>> Blitz is actually the Brtish shortening of the German blitzkrieg...
>> first known use 1939... nothing American about blitz.
>
>Blitz is German for lightning.
>Blitzkrieg means lightning war.
>
>
> Cooks make up
>> all kinds of terminology, professional cooks are typically not very
>> educated... kitchen work requires no formal education, which is why so
>> many uneducated illegals in the US gravitate towards kitchen work. One
>> needn't be literate to cook well.
>
>Some of the uneducated become navy cooks.

Most, but not all.

On Oct 10, 4:41*pm, Dr Nick <nospa...@temporary-address.org.uk> wrote:
..
>
> It does "let's blitz the house this weekend", but it can mean to make a
> sudden approach (dare I say "lightening attack")

Only if you're attacking with bleach

"Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> "janice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]..
>>I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
>>the
>> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
>> it
>> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>
> I'm in the US and I've never heard it.

Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth
to clean brass fittings and to look good. Probably even
Army people have done so. A Blitz Cloth is something
that anyone in the American Military (save possibly a Navy
cook or so...) has had intimate and finger-darkening
experience with. It is part of our culture.
http://www.blitzinc.com/catalog/cleaning-cloths-kits
" The Original Blitz Cloth was developed in 1912 for the
polishing of brass in United States Military "
.... Read and revel in our history.

pavane

On Oct 10, 7:33*pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message
>

> > I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>
> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth


A) I'm pretty sure she's heard the word blitz, just not used as
decribed un the original post.
B) You don't whether she even HAS a husband, and even if she does, the
odds of him having been a Marine aree really low.

On 10/10/2012 10:37 PM, pavane wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:k54vqo$as5$[email protected]..
>>
>> "janice" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]..
>>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
>>> the
>>> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>>
>>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>>
>>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
>>> it
>>> so widespread when all it doesis replace a perfectly good existing word?
>>
>> I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>
> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth
> to clean brass fittings and to look good. Probably even
> Army people have done so. A Blitz Cloth is something
> that anyone in the American Military (save possibly a Navy
> cook or so...) has had intimate and finger-darkening
> experience with. It is part of our culture.
> http://www.blitzinc.com/catalog/cleaning-cloths-kits
> " The Original Blitz Cloth was developed in 1912 for the
> polishing of brass in United States Military "
> ... Read and revel in our history.

I never heard the term blitz used to mean pulse in the blender.

However, am I mistaken or is blitz not a German word for lightning?

nancy

"gloria p" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 10/10/2012 4:50 PM, janice wrote:
>> I am in the UK and nowadays see many TV chefs and newspaper writers use
>> the
>> term "to blitz" to mean to use a blender for a short period of time.
>>
>> What's wrong with "use the blender" or even "blend" instead of "blitz"?
>>
>> Presumably the verb "to blitz" has come from American English but why is
>> it
>> so widespread when all it does is replace a perfectly good existing word?
>>
>
> I used to think it was strange when I would read or hear "whirr" or
> "whirl" to describe using a blender or food processor.

I've only heard "whiz".

"Nasti J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Oct 10, 7:33 pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message
>

> > I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>
> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth


A) I'm pretty sure she's heard the word blitz, just not used as
decribed un the original post.
B) You don't whether she even HAS a husband, and even if she does, the
odds of him having been a Marine aree really low.

Of course I have heard the word. Just not used like that. Where I used to
work we would say "Blitz the stockroom:" and that meant we all met back
there at a certain time and got things cleaned up and put away as quickly as
we could. And then of course there is the Ballroom Blitz.

I do have a husband and he was in the Coast Guard. Whether or ever used
that cloth, I do not know.

"Nasti J" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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On Oct 10, 7:33 pm, "pavane" <pav...@leisure.org> wrote:
> "Julie Bove" <julieb...@frontier.com> wrote in message
>

> > I'm in the US and I've never heard it.
>
> Ask your husband. Every US Marine has used Blitz Cloth


A) I'm pretty sure she's heard the word blitz, just not used as
decribed un the original post.
B) You don't whether she even HAS a husband, and even if she does, the
odds of him having been a Marine aree really low.

..................

Yes I do. Where have you been these last years?
He was in the Army, recently retired. Now shut up.