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Example sentences for "drain well"

  • Remove from water; drain well; lay on pieces of toast and serve with melted butter, cream or hollandaise sauce page 36.

  • Take off fire; drain well; beat up with wire whip or fork until light and all lumps are out and potatoes and fish are thoroughly mixed; season; add butter and beaten egg.

  • Drain well on unglazed paper and sprinkle with powdered sugar.

  • COLD SLAW Wash cabbage; cut into quarters and slice very thin; allow to stand in cold water 30 minutes; drain well, and cover with boiled or French dressing.

  • Drain well, toss together and reheat in one and one-half cups Thin White Sauce.

  • Fry as griddle cakes; or dip a tablespoon into deep hot Cottolene, drain well, then take up a spoonful of the corn mixture, drop into hot Cottolene, pushing it off spoon into hot fat with a spatula.

  • Drain well, dispose on salad plates and pour over French Dressing.

  • Drain well on brown paper and sprinkle with salt.

  • Take off fire; drain well; beat up with wire whip or fork until light and all lumps are out of potatoes; add seasoning, butter and slightly beaten egg.

  • Drain well, lay in a neat pile lightly heaped in the centre of a dish, and pour drawn butter over them, or serve this in a tureen.

  • Drain well, chop, and stir in a tablespoonful of butter, pepper, and salt.

  • Drain well, and dish, with a great lump of butter stirred in, and a little pepper.

  • Boil a scant half cup of rice in salted water half an hour, drain well, and measure out four heaping tablespoonfuls of it into a mixing bowl.

  • Put the spaghettina on in boiling salted water, boil for three-quarters of an hour, drain well in a colander.

  • When the meat separates easily from the bone, it is done; then take it out, let it drain well, and dish it on a hot napkin.

  • Drain well, remove the string, dish on a hot napkin, and serve with the same sauces as above.

  • Throw the rice into boiling water, and let it boil until tender; then pour it into a sieve, and allow it to drain well.

  • Drain well, stir in a good piece of butter, a little pepper and salt, and eat very hot.

  • Drain well, mash with a wooden spoon, or beetle, work in a good piece of butter, and season with pepper and salt.

  • Drain well; stir into them two tablespoonfuls of melted butter, in which have been mixed salt, pepper, and a tablespoonful of lemon-juice.

  • Throw the rice into boiling water, and let it remain 5 minutes; then pour it into a sieve, and allow it to drain well.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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