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Example sentences for "boil half"

  • Wash them and then bruise them in a boiler; set on the fire, boil half an hour, and strain, to secure all the juice.

  • It is served with the gravy only, after having removed the fat, or with sauces, garnitures, and decorations, described for roasted chicken.

  • Boil half a can of mushrooms ten minutes in clear, hot water.

  • Meanwhile, boil half a cupful of rice tender in a pint of salted milk, and when the rice is soft, stir in a tablespoonful of butter worked up in flour to prevent oiling.

  • Boil half an hour or until tender, in a little salted water.

  • Boil half a cup of rice soft in a cup of milk.

  • Put all these into the water, and let it boil half an hour, then take it off the fire, and let it stand, till you may see your shadow in it.

  • Boil half a pint of milk in a saucepan, then add two ounces of butter, four ounces of semolina, two tablespoonsful of grated Parmesan, the yolks of three eggs, and a tiny pinch of nutmeg.

  • Boil half a pound of tagliarelle, and cut up a quarter of a pound of lobster.

  • Boil half a calf's brain in good stock for ten minutes then drain and pour a little melted butter and the juice of half a lemon over the brain; add some chopped parsley fried for one minute in butter, and serve as hot as possible.

  • Boil half a pint of milk, and stir into it as much flour mixed with cold water as will thicken it.

  • Boil half a pint of milk, and stir into it as much wheat flour mixed with cold milk, as will thicken it.

  • Boil a gill of milk or cream, and add to it a tea spoonful of butter rolled in flour, let it boil half a minute.

  • Boil half a pound of rice till it becomes quite soft and dry.

  • Boil half a pound of fresh hops in four quarts of water, till the liquid is reduced to two quarts.

  • Boil half a pound of logwood chips in two quarts of water, add an ounce of pearlash, and apply hot with a brush.

  • Boil half a pint of new milk, with a piece of lemon peel, two peach leaves, half a stick of cassia, a few whole allspice, from four to six ounces of white sugar.

  • Boil half a pint of whole rice in as little water as possible, till all the grains lose their form and become a soft mass.

  • Put them into a porcelain preserving-kettle; set it over the fire, and let it boil half an hour--skimming it frequently.

  • Boil half a pound of spaghetti or macaroni as directed in receipt No.

  • Boil half a pound of rice in a quart of water, with a bit of cinnamon, till the water is wasted.

  • Let it boil half an hour, and skim it well.

  • Boil half an ounce of gold litharge well pounded, with a little vinegar in a brass vessel for half an hour.

  • Boil half a dozen large potatoes; rub them through a sieve (coarse hair is the best) into a saucepan in which there have been placed a shredded onion, some chopped parsley, and about a cupful of milk.

  • Boil half a pound of madder and two ounces of logwood chips in a gallon of water, and brush well over while hot; when dry, go over the whole with pearlash solution, two drachms to the quart.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    boil fifteen; boil half; boil slowly; boil till; boil together; boiled beef; boiled custard; boiled eggs; boiled fish; boiled potatoes; boiled rice; boiling lard; boiling point; boiling salted; boiling salted water until; boiling temperature; boiling water; cause them; cubic inches; half feet; higher degree; house yard; human love; rational knowledge; said nothing; this same