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Though it is fairly certain that the etymology is indeed "white dish", medieval sources are not always consistent as to the actual color of the dish. Food scholar Terence Scully has proposed the alternative etymology of ''bland mangier'', "bland dish", reflecting its often mild and "dainty" taste and popularity as a "sick dish".<ref>Scully, p. 208</ref>
== Blancmanges in popular culture ==
Blancmange is almost unheard of in the United States, outside of these cultural references:
* Mentioned in ''[[Little Women]]'' by [[Louisa May Alcott]] as the offering made by sister Meg for neighbor Laurie, proffered by impetuous Josephine (Jo) to soothe the sore throat of Laurie the first time Jo visits Laurie. In ''[[Pale Fire]]'' by [[Vladimir Nabokov]], the mountain girl Garh is described as having blancmangé breasts.
* Supposed blancmanges from space feature prominently in the latter four linked TV humor sketches of the 1970s TV show ''[[Monty Python's Flying Circus]]'', ''Episode Seven: You're no fun any more''. Their fundamental absurdist humor is to upturn the usual relationship of people eating food, into food eating people. (See [[Blancmange (Monty Python TV)]].)
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