Add a little water or stock to the frying-pan, and let the onion boil till it is tender.
Moisten with a little water, or still better, a little claret, strain it off, and add the juice of the orange.
Pick and then stew some green gooseberries, just moistening the stewpan with a little water to prevent them burning.
Put all this into a stew-pan with a little butter sauce, or a little water can be added and then thickened with a little butter and flour.
Boil a turkey in as little water as possible until the bones can be easily separated from the meat; remove all the skin; slice, mixing together the light and dark parts; season with salt and pepper.
We drank a little water, and ate a bit of the cake, which we had difficulty in swallowing, and then hastened to return to our companions in the boat, to acquaint them with our success.
In their extremity of want, they took up part of the floor of the cabin, and patched up a sort of tray with rope-yarns, to paddle on shore to get a little water to preserve their lives.
This meal is then mixed with a little water, and formed into cakes; which, when dried in the sun, resemble in colour and flavour the sweetest gingerbread.
We reached the skirts of the camp, a little before sunset, and, with much entreaty, procured a little water.
And the servant ran to meet her, and said, Let me, I pray thee, drink a little water of thy pitcher.
And he said unto her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water to drink; for I am thirsty.
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.
Mix one fourth of a cup of flour, the same of white sugar, and a teaspoonful of salt to a paste with a little water.
Pare, remove the stones, and place in loose layers in a shallow, earthen pudding dish with a little water.
Cook the fruit slowly in a porcelain-lined or granite-ware kettle, using as little water as possible.
Stew your apple in aslittle water as possible, and not long enough for the pieces to break and lose their shape.
Boil the plums and kernels very slowly for about fifteen minutes, in as little water as possible.
If green apples are used, they should first be stewed in as little water as possible; and made very sweet.
Stew some pumpkin with as little water as possible.
Steam over hot salted water if possible, if not put it on to boil in as little water as possible.
When soft, sprinkle with bread crumbs, moisten with a little water, and cook ten or fifteen minutes longer.
Put in as little water as possible to use and not burn, let them boil until tender, then add a square of sugar, the yolks of two eggs well beaten and two tablespoonfuls of cream.
Shell a half peck of peas, and shred two heads of lettuce; boil together with as little water as possible to keep it from burning, and stir often for the same purpose.
For, in the time of our former want, having only a little water remaining by him in a pot, it was broken in the night and all the water lost.
The reason of not using this passage on the outward voyage is, that the prevailing winds between Ceylon and Manaar frequently occasion that channel to have so little water that it cannot be navigated.
It is very sweet scented, and is in great request among the natives of India, who grind it up with a little water, and then anoint their bodies with it, as a grateful perfume.
When cool add one teaspoonful suet, one teaspoon butter, one-half cup molasses and one-half yeast cake dissolved in a little water.
Warm them over the fire, but do not let them boil; add a small quantity of thickening of potato flour mixed with a little water.
When done put on a dish, skim off the fat in the pan, add a little water and a tablespoon of made mustard, boil the gravy once and pass through a strainer over the meat and serve.
Boil the peels and cores of the apples in a little water, strain and boil the syrup with a little sugar.
Thicken gravy with flour mixed smooth with a little water.
Press all through a coarse sieve, adding a little water if too thick; re-heat beans in this; serve hot.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "little water" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
