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Example sentences for "adding half"

  • OLIVE SAUCE Prepare according to directions given for Jersey Sauce, adding half a dozen chopped olives instead of the Worcestershire.

  • Boil in enough water to cover, adding half a cupful of vinegar, a sliced onion, six or eight whole peppers, a blade of mace, and salt to season.

  • To every quart of fruit, allow a cup of white sugar and a large pint of good cider vinegar, adding half an ounce of stick cinnamon, one tablespoonful of whole cloves, the same of whole allspice.

  • Some think it improved by adding half a cupful of thick sweet cream to this dressing; in that case use less vinegar.

  • Pour over them three quarts of cold water, adding half a pound of lean ham or bacon cut into slices or pieces; also a teaspoonful of salt and a little pepper, and some celery chopped fine.

  • It can be made more effective by adding half ounce of cream of tartar to the infusion.

  • In infusion, by adding half ounce to a pint of boiling water and let steep and take throughout twenty-four hours.

  • Infusion made by adding half ounce of the powdered or bruised root to a pint of boiling water.

  • Clean a black bass of four pounds, put it in the fish-kettle to boil, adding half a bottle of claret.

  • Take half a pound of boiled lobster from which you have removed the shell, and proceed as for the foregoing, adding half instead of three quarters of a cupful of tomatoes.

  • When beginning to boil, press through a sieve, heat again on the fire, adding half an ounce of butter, and serve.

  • Maigre pea soup may also be made by omitting the meat, adding half a pound of butter, one quart of milk, and omitting a quart of water.

  • It will keep for a week in winter, by adding half a gill of white broth every other day, and giving it a boil; the addition of a tablespoonful of tomatos, gives it a beautiful color; use where indicated.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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