Take from the small slender beans their stalks, and let them remain fourteen days in salt and water; then wash and well cleanse them from the brine, and put them in a saucepan of water over a slow fire, covering them with vine-leaves.
Scald a large handful of parsley in boiling water that has some salt in it; when tender, chop it fine, and stir it into some rather thick melted butter.
Boil a large handful of fig-leaves in two quarts of water until reduced to a pint; squeeze the leaves quite dry, and put the liquor into a bottle for use.
Throw in a large handful of raisins to boil, if the patient is well enough to bear them.
Strew over a large handful of sugar, a little hot water.
To make linen beautifully white, prepare the water for washing by putting into every ten gallons a large handful of powdered borax or boil with the clothes one teaspoonful of spirits of turpentine.
Pound a large handful of spinach in a mortar, then tie it in a cloth, and wring out all the juice; put this in the soup you wish to color green five minutes before taking it up.
When the pans are filled, put a small piece of butter on top of each, sprinkle over a large handful of sugar, turn in a cupful of boiling water, then place in a moderate oven for three-quarters of an hour.
To prepare artificial ice for articles of confectionary, procure a few pounds of real ice, reduce it nearly to powder, and throw a large handful or more of salt amongst it.
Boil two pounds of loin of mutton, with a large handful of chervil, in two quarts of water, till reduced to one.
Heat a large pot of water, throwing in a large handful of salt.
Take a large handful, or more, and having washed it clean, strip the leaves from the stems, and boil it till quite tender.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "large handful" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
