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Example sentences for "cook them"

  • If vegetables are being canned, cook them in the same way, but use salt and water instead of sirup.

  • The fish are so small, it takes but a moment to cook them, and there is danger of burning them by leaving them in the fat too long.

  • If suet dumplings are used, they must be placed in the pot as soon as it boils in order to cook them a sufficient length of time.

  • Have all meats weighed and wiped off with a wet cloth before proceeding to cook them.

  • Lobsters may be killed just before being boiled by running a pointed knife into the back through the joint between the body and tail shells.

  • If it is not curled up, or will not spring back when straightened, the lobster was dead when boiled, and should be rejected.

  • Garnish with croutons, and serve with it farina balls (see page 223).

  • Cook them in the water until they are soft and the skins are broken.

  • I have only to cook them in boiling salted water till they are done.

  • Place the pan in a moderately heated oven; it will take about four hours to cook them.

  • When boiled whole, put them of an even size as much as possible, in order to cook them evenly.

  • It takes about two hours to cook them properly.

  • Wash, scrape, and divide; drop into boiling water, a little more than sufficient to cook them, and boil gently till thoroughly tender.

  • A general rule, applicable to all vegetables to be boiled or stewed, is to cook them in as little water as may be without burning.

  • Steam only sufficient to cook them, else they will be watery.

  • If whole grains, macaroni, vermicelli, or shredded vegetables are to be used in the soup, cook them separately, and add to the soup just before serving.

  • Or, cook them soft, add salt and pepper, and make them into little cakes and fry them brown.

  • You will not despise mine, my child; I learned how to cook them in Paris and they are good enough for an epicure.

  • Cook them in boiling water, being careful not to cook them too much.

  • Cook them in double boiler till mushrooms can be pressed through rather fine sieve.

  • Peel, core, and slice the apples, cook them in a stewpan with water and Crisco, add a little sugar to taste.

  • Most people think them best boiled in their jackets, and to cook them perfectly in this manner is so simple and easy, that the wonder is how any one can fail.

  • This is how to cook them: Put a pound or a little more of clean pork in the kettle, with water enough to cover it.

  • The older they are, the later it is in the season, the harder the woody fibre will be, and the longer it will take to cook them.

  • Cook them in just water enough to cover them, after having first washed them, adding only water enough to keep them covered all the time.

  • The later in the winter it grows the drier they get, the harder the woody fibre is, and the longer it will take to cook them tender.

  • The most economical method is to cook them in their "jackets" as there is not nearly as much waste of potato or of the salts that are valuable as food.

  • Cook them in the oven, covered tight, allowing a liberal quantity of water; stew slowly for two hours; thicken with a teaspoon of potato flour, and wet the potato flour with the juice of an orange before adding.

  • About one to two hours is required to cook them.

  • To cook them before an anthracite fire, on an upright gridiron, is more like toasting than broiling, and much impairs the true flavor.

  • Strain over them sufficient oyster-liquor to cook them well, and to keep them from burning, and to make a gravy so as to stew, but not to boil them.

  • Next morning, put on the beans to boil, with only water enough to cook them well, and keep them boiling slowly till they have all bursted, stirring them up frequently from the bottom, lest they should burn.

  • When they are browned, add sufficient oyster-liquor to cook them, and some bits of fresh butter rolled in flour.

  • When you have once cooked fish to a turn, note the weight and time, and you will be at no loss thereafter.

  • Or mince, mixed with mashed potato, milk, and butter, and stir into a sort of stew.

  • Fill the cavity with a mixture prepared as below, fit on the top lightly, and serve.

  • Ten minutes, or twelve at the outside, is long enough to cook them.

  • Half an hour in a quick oven ought to cook them.

  • Shell and lay in cold water until you are ready to cook them.

  • Select young chickens, clean and cut them into pieces; put them into a stewpan with just enough water to cook them.

  • When you are ready to cook them, heat some butter or good drippings in a frying pan; fry in it one small onion (chopped fine) until it begins to change color and look yellow.

  • Scrape and wash them; cook them tender in boiling water salted slightly.

  • You must not remove them from the water until you are ready to cook them, as the air will turn them black.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "cook them" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


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