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Example sentences for "drain them"

  • Drain them on a hair-sieve, placed before the fire, turning them till quite dry.

  • When they are done enough, drain them on a hair-sieve.

  • When quite cold, take them out again, drain them, dry them thoroughly, and pull them to pieces with the fingers.

  • Let them boil for five minutes, drain them off, and throw them into cold water in order to keep their colour.

  • Take them out, drain them, and put them away to get cold.

  • Take two quarts of oysters; drain them, and cut out the hard part.

  • Clear them from the seasoning and drain them.

  • Drain them, and put them into a stew-pan with some butter.

  • After they have come to a boil, take them off the fire; drain them, and when cool, chop them small.

  • Take them out when quite cold; drain them; and put them into a stew-pan with the liquor of three dozen large fine oysters seasoned with half a grated nutmeg, or more; and eight or ten blades of mace.

  • Strew over them some dry bread-crumbs; then fry them in lard or fresh butter--drain them well, and send them to table hot.

  • Split half a dozen heads of celery into slips about two inches long, wash them well, drain them on a hair sieve, and put them into a soup pot, with three quarts of clear gravy.

  • Then take out the peels, grate fine sugar over them, drain them on a sieve, and dry them before the fire.

  • Boil a strong brine of salt and water, simmer the vegetables in it one minute, drain them, and dry them on tins over an oven till they are shriveled up; then put them into a jar, and prepare the following pickle.

  • Drain them on a sieve, make a thin syrup of loaf sugar and water, and boil the peels in it till the syrup begins to candy about them.

  • Braise them till tender, drain them dry, and serve them up with green truffle sauce, or celery, asparagus, or peas.

  • CUT the tails into joints, and blanch and wash them; then braise them till tender, drain them dry, and serve them up with haricot sauce over.

  • Drain them dry, and serve them up with a very good-seasoned cullis sauce and ketchup in it.

  • Have plenty of lard in an iron frying pan, and when it almost boils put a proper quantity and fry them of a fine gold colour; drain them dry, and serve them up with fried parsley.

  • Blanch four dozen oysters until rather firm (they must not nearly boil) drain them on a sieve; save the liquor in which they are blanched.

  • Cut about fifty middling sized French beans into diamonds, and boil them very green in salt and water; when done, drain them upon a sieve; then put ten tablespoonfuls of white sauce (No.

  • Drain them, and rub them through a cullender or a sieve into a deep dish; season them with pepper and salt, and mix with them an ounce of butter, and two beaten eggs.

  • Then take them out, drain them, and (having peeled off the skins) cut them up, and mash them smooth in a deep dish.

  • When they are quite soft, drain them in a cullender, and mash them.

  • Drain them well--place in a jar, and pour over them vinegar spiced and prepared as for yellow pickles, omitting the turmeric and lemons, and using black pepper instead of white.

  • Let them remain for ten days; drain them, and put them in the jar intended for use.

  • Cut your cabbage and scald them in strong salt water till you can run a straw through them; drain them for a day and put into plain vinegar for two weeks; let them drain again a day or two before putting into the prepared vinegar.

  • Sprinkle a little salt over the vegetables and drain them; put them in the soup-tureen and pour the hot soup over.

  • Sardine Sandwiches Scrape off all the skin from the sardines, and take out the bones and drain them by laying them on brown paper; mash them with a fork, and sprinkle with lemon juice, and spread.

  • When done, drain them, and send them to table with a dish of cucumbers sliced and dressed in the usual way, with vinegar, pepper and salt.

  • When done, take them out of the stew pan, drain them, and keep them hot while you prepare the gravy.

  • Drain them, and send them to the breakfast table.

  • Let the apples simmer till tender; then take them out very carefully, drain them on a sieve, and reduce the syrup by boiling it quickly for a few minutes.

  • From 7 to 10 minutes to fry the fritters; 5 minutes to drain them.

  • When done, drain them well, and lay them all round the dish, with the leaves outside.

  • Boil the cauliflowers in small pieces till tender; drain them in a sieve; when quite dry lay them in a dish; season the sauce with a little pepper and salt, and pour it pretty thick over them.

  • Drain them, and have ready a rich white sauce, the same that is used for boiled chickens, only without truffles or mushrooms; pour this sauce over the celery, and serve hot.

  • Then place them in pots of suitable size, taking great care to rub the seasoning well over them as you lay them in; because the seasoning is apt to get from the fish when you drain them.

  • Let them simmer gently for about 2-1/2 hours; then take them out, drain them, and let them cool.

  • Drain them thoroughly, chop them, and rub them through a tammy or sieve.

  • Take them up, drain them well on a cloth, put them on a hot dish, and pour over them a good mushroom sauce.

  • When they are tender, take them out, and put them into cold water; drain them on a cloth till all moisture is absorbed from them.


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