Detecting and removing and chicken with a barked skin is important because damaged skin shortens the shelf life and dries out and toughens the meat.
Some authorities feel strongly that you should not salt the chicken before cooking because salt draws the juices out during cooking and toughens the meat.
Tin gives it hardness and grain; whilst lead toughens it, and renders it fitter for turning.
It is supposed that the oil works into the pores of the hot glass, and thus toughens it.
Never salt it before the meat is tender (as that hardens and toughens the meat), especially if the meat is to be eaten.
It toughens the albumin in eggs, toughens the fiber and dissolves the connective tissues in meat, softens the cellulose in cereals, vegetables, and fruits, and dissolves other substances in many foods.
If the egg is cooked too fast or too long, it toughens and shrinks and becomes less palatable, less attractive, and less digestible.
Serve in a dish on a napkin covered with another napkin, or in a close covered dish, as a few momentsaEuro(TM) exposure to the air toughens it.
When cream or milk are the liquids for dipping, do not have them quite boiling as boiling milk toughens the toast.
Boil steadily until tender, when remove at once from the fire as over-cooking toughens them, throw into cold water a moment and rub off the skins.
Do not allow the water to boil after the eggs have been added, as boiling toughens the egg white and in addition causes considerable loss by tearing it into shreds.
This procedure, however, has been found to be poor policy, for nothing is gained by it and the salt toughens the cellulose and makes the cucumbers limp and rubbery in texture.
There are some exceptions to this, however; green corn is one of them; salt yellows and toughens it.
Boiling water hardens and toughenssome of the protein substances in food, but softens and makes digestible most of the substances included under the head of carbohydrates.
Remember that every stroke of the spoon after the flour is added toughens the cake just that much, so fold the flour in just enough to mix well.
Roll with a light, even, long stroke in every direction, but never work the rolling-pin back and forth as that movement toughens the paste and breaks the bubbles of air.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "toughens" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
