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Example sentences for "then pour"

  • When it will harden in cold water, take from the fire and add the flavoring and coloring, then pour on well buttered plates.

  • For cuts and any open wound pour turpentine in and put a piece of absorbent cotton on and soak well with the liniment, tie up, and leave it so until dry, then pour on some more.

  • When the meat is done stir a little flour into the fat and pour in some water; set the pan over the fire, let it boil once, then pour it over the veal, and send it to the table.

  • Boil the whole down till it is quite thick and nearly dry; then pour it in pans or forms, smooth it over the top with the back of a spoon, and stand it away to get cold.

  • As soon as the egg is thick, take it off the fire, set it away to cool, then pour it over the cabbage, and mix it well together.

  • Then pour in some of the best white brandy till the jars are filled quite to the top.

  • Then pour in, at the last, a tea-cupfull of more of the oyster liquor, with an equal quantity of rich cream.

  • Then pour on sufficient boiling water to scald them thoroughly, cover the pan, and let the gooseberries stand till they grow cold.

  • Then pour it on the citron; and when it has grown cold, and has dried on the pieces, put them into a jar.

  • Let your filtered liquor stand quiet for twelve hours more: then pour it off by inclination from the sediment you will find at bottom; and filter it a second time through a flannel bag.

  • Then pour on it aromatic Spirit of Wine, and set the whole in digestion for eight days.

  • This is a close-hearted wrinkle-leaved cabbage, sweet and tender, especially the middle leaves, and in season from November to spring.

  • This is a plant of Indian origin, and has formed the principal food of the Indian and Chinese people from the most remote antiquity.

  • Keep it over the fire a few minutes longer, then pour it into a flat dish, and serve it to eat cold.

  • Remove the fruit very carefully into a pan with the syrup for two or three days, then pour off as much of it as will be necessary, boil with more sugar to make a rich syrup, and add a little sliced ginger to it.

  • Let it boil twenty minutes after it rises to a head, then pour it through a flannel bag, first dipping the jelly bag in hot water to prevent waste, and squeezing it quite dry.

  • Take it off, pour the water into a vessel, and let it stand till nearly cold; then pour it gently out, and in the sediment will be seen the ingredients which have been mixed.

  • Take a quarter of an ounce of curry-powder, and salt to your palate, and strew over the chickens while they are frying; then pour in the liquor in which they were first stewed, and let them stew again for half an hour.

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

  • Then pour over it the gravy, mix this with the cucumbers, and simmer gently for 10 minutes, when it will be ready to serve.

  • Hold the pan over the fire for a minute or two, just let the gravy simmer, then pour on the steak, and serve.

  • Cook until it hairs from a spoon, then pour slowly on the stiff white of an egg, beating steadily.

  • Next she must line a baking-dish or individual cups with thin slices of citron, then pour in the custard and bake, after setting her dish or cups in a pan of boiling water.

  • Then pour in the pan enough boiling water to keep from burning, and baste frequently.

  • Boil it up two or three minutes, stirring it repeatedly; then pour it out into your bread-pan, and immediately stir in as much flour as you can with a spoon.

  • After boiling the whole ten or fifteen minutes, take out the apple and boil the syrup ten minutes longer; then pour it over the pine-apple.

  • Then pour over a teacupful or two of good molasses, according to the size of the pie; lay on the upper crust, and close it so that the syrup cannot escape.

  • Sprinkle over it grated cheese; then pour on the top enough meat sauce to cover the layer (about two tablespoons), then on the top of this add a layer of Bechamel sauce.

  • Then pour in the boiled vinegar, passing it through cheese-cloth.

  • Cook until the onion is brown, then pour on the rice (raw) and fry until the rice is dry.

  • Add one tablespoonful (level) of soda, stirring it quickly, then pour over a greased platter or marble slab.

  • Stir well, then pour into a pan dusted with corn-starch and powdered sugar.

  • Boil to exactly 238 degrees, then pour out on a platter or marble slab and flavor with one-half teaspoonful of vanilla.


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