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Example sentences for "savoury"

Lexicographically close words:
savoured; savourest; savoureth; savouring; savours; savoys; savvee; savvy; savyng; saw
  1. Tom Collin as he gazed wistfully into the iron pot, whose savoury contents, (i.

  2. Such game always finds a ready sale; and when a savoury dish is on the table those who are about to eat it do not inquire whence it came any more than the old folk did centuries ago.

  3. If hit, the mallard falls with a thud on the earth, for he is a heavy bird; and few are more worthy of powder and shot either for his savoury flavour, far surpassing the tame duck, or the beauty of his burnished neck.

  4. To them at the going down of the day there ariseth a flame of fire and burneth all night continually, amid a savoury smoke hurling itself against the upper air: and on the second day is the award of the yearly games, a trial of strength.

  5. Methinks I can sniff the savoury odour of that lost ham on all the prairie breezes.

  6. Some savoury fried ham always goes well on the prairie.

  7. One of the commonest forms is the copulative, such as Salt is both savoury and wholesome, equivalent to two simple propositions: Salt is savoury; Salt is wholesome.

  8. Prepared thus they may serve as toast for scrambled eggs or any savoury mixture.

  9. Bake, and with a funnel fill in with dissolved savoury jelly.

  10. They are exceedingly tasty and appetising, and being free from any peculiar flavour, will appeal to the popular taste for "Savoury Meats.

  11. This is a favourite savoury in many non-vegetarian households.

  12. Such extracts may also enter with advantage into Savoury Custard.

  13. Equal quantities of German lentils and brown beans may be prepared exactly as above to make Savoury Tea, as also a mixture of brown and white beans.

  14. Pitman" Savoury Nut Meat bears a name which guarantees its excellence.

  15. Savoury Cheese Biscuits are made by cutting above paste, rolled very thin, into oblong or diamond shapes, with pastry cutter.

  16. Roll out a nice oval, put some savoury mixture on one half, wet edges with egg or water, press together and pinch into neat flutes, brush over with egg and bake.

  17. Sausages are made of the same ingredients as savoury brick.

  18. The fishing was over when they rounded the point and came in sight of the cheery bonfire with its Rembrandt-like group, and the air was savoury with the smell of frying fish and crabs.

  19. He sheered off a bit on hearing the splash; but afterwards soon swam up to where the baited hook was towing in our wake, smelling at it cautiously as if to see whether it was advisable for him to bolt the savoury morsel or not.

  20. It was, at the time of which I am speaking, a standing joke to make Johnny Newcome eat land-crab disguised in some savoury dish.

  21. One soldier in particular was past-master in making savoury stews much appreciated by the others.

  22. Liu, the cook, had provided himself with a little cement cooking arrangement on which he prepared me very savoury messes.

  23. This charming melody, and the smell of savoury dishes, made the porter conclude there was a feast within.

  24. His mother was much surprised to see the great tray, twelve dishes, six loaves, the two flagons and cups, and to smell the savoury odour which exhaled from the dishes.

  25. The servants brought him into a great hall, where a number of people sat round a table, covered with all sorts of savoury dishes.

  26. There was also a savoury omelette, so good that Tom asked for a second; when, to our astonishment, there appeared a plump roast fowl, with most artistic gravy and fried potatoes.

  27. Or, (if thou breakest thy pledge), O king, thou mayst free thyself from this sin by offering good savoury food to a quiet bull carrying sacred burdens.

  28. I have also eaten the savoury fruits growing on thee, and have slated my thirst with draughts of perfumed water oozing from the body.

  29. Its fatal effect on dogs was instantaneous; and the savoury bacon having rendered them quite greedy to devour it, it had now an immediate influence on two great mastiffs and a wolf-dog who roamed about the yard at nights.

  30. It is noted now, not for its bread or its canal-water, but for its white wine, its baked veal, and its savoury chickens.

  31. I see thee still, reeking over the glowing forge fire, cooking savoury sausages thou art forbidden to taste!

  32. Those savoury sausages are our “braten,” and they smack wonderfully after the herrings.

  33. The smell of the dinner from the dining-room grew savoury and strong.

  34. Four coats of this savoury substance did the farrier successively apply, each one as the former began to cool.

  35. With the bacon they ate potatoes, which were done in a very savoury manner.

  36. The smell which pervaded the flat was savoury and good; the dinner-table was ready to the last saltspoon; the baby was quiet; all seemed to promise one of those smooth domestic evenings sometimes granted to a man.

  37. You just added this to the soup and heated it; you put that in a casserole dish and shoved it in the oven; you whipped some cream; and you made a savoury out of tinned things.

  38. A savoury smell crept through the chinks of the kitchen door, with the all-pervasiveness of cookery in flats.

  39. He reached home at his old time; it seemed so familiar to fit the key into the lock and step into the hall, redolent, even through the closed kitchen door, of the savoury preparations for dinner.

  40. Being so aromatic and comfortably stimulating, the fruit is commended for aiding the digestion of savoury pastry, and to correct the griping tendencies of such medicines as senna and rhubarb.

  41. Blewits (formerly sold in Covent Garden market for Catsup), and Blue Caps, each all autumnal species, are savoury fungi to be fried.

  42. With this sweet and savoury dish they are so delighted, that they trust to enjoy it in paradise.

  43. A whiting, a chop, a fillet of chicken thus cooked are all as savoury as if fried, yet as light and digestible as when boiled.

  44. CHOPS are daintier and more savoury done in a paper bag than in any other way.

  45. This is a very savoury breakfast dish and easily made.

  46. Even the savoury onion will cook placidly by the side of a bag of gooseberries, without imparting its flavour to the fruit.

  47. If this is carefully done, the result will be a pretty as well as a remarkably savoury and appetising dish.

  48. Paper-bagged, however, it retains its savoury nature, but loses its undue richness.

  49. In forty minutes turn this savoury and delicious potato mixture into a very hot dish and serve at once.

  50. Cooked in a paper bag, however, the small joint is full as juicy and savoury as the eighteen-pound sirloin can be, while a dainty piece of loin of lamb is a delicacy which must be tasted to be realised.

  51. Stuffing may be introduced under the knuckle skin, or a savoury pudding (see chapter V.

  52. Cooked in a paper bag, however, there is no such danger and no one need fear to lose the savoury relish that a well cooked kipper or bloater possesses.

  53. At this last sally the young man, feeling that the conversation set somewhat in his direction, did not desist indeed from his savoury viands, but helped himself generously to a piece of bread.


  54. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "savoury" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.