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Example sentences for "gherkins"

Lexicographically close words:
ghat; ghats; ghaut; ghee; gherkin; ghesse; ghests; ghettos; ghillie; ghost
  1. Gherkins for one, cider for another, little by little, bit by bit, and it mounts up.

  2. Chop fine some cold dressed ham--say about a quarter of a pound, put it in a basin with a tablespoonful of chopped gherkins and a teaspoonful of mustard, a little pepper or cayenne; put about 6oz.

  3. Anchovies, eggs, and gherkins may be omitted, and yet will make an excellent salad.

  4. Pickled French beans or gherkins cut fine, may be added, or a little grated horseradish.

  5. Use some strong vinegar, and pickle them in the same manner as gherkins and French beans.

  6. He likes the Gherkins best, he says, because they are so hardy.

  7. Tommy says the Gherkins can hold their breath for five minutes without going red in the face, and that's why they can fight so well.

  8. Tommy says that Gherkins wear turbots on their heads.

  9. He says it makes the Gherkins very hardy.

  10. To three-fourths cup Mayonnaise Dressing add three-fourths tablespoon finely chopped capers, one teaspoon finely chopped parsley, two teaspoons each finely chopped gherkins and olives, one teaspoon finely chopped onion or chives.

  11. A few chopped capers, olives, and gherkins make it a good Tartare sauce; and a little tomato puree will make it a red Mayonnaise to use with cold boiled fish.

  12. Arrange a row of sliced gherkins or of capers around the edge.

  13. Decorate with gherkins on each roll of butter.

  14. This makes a pretty dish and can be varied by using capers or chopped gherkins instead of horse-radish.

  15. Cadine was extremely fond of salted provisions; she stood in admiration before the bundles of red-herrings, the barrels of anchovies and capers, and the little casks of gherkins and olives, standing on end with wooden spoons inside them.

  16. When the "assortment" was weighed she made Lisa add some jelly and gherkins to it.

  17. Gherkins cut in slices, and a few stoned olives.

  18. Anchovy and gherkin, cut into small diamonds, may be placed between, or cut gherkins in slices, and lay a border of them round, or in any way your fancy may dictate.

  19. Gherkins quartered lengthwise may be used for the interior of the galantine.

  20. The largest quantity of this metal was found in the bottles consisting entirely of green vegetables, such as gherkins and beans.

  21. Set a row of sliced gherkins near the top, and fill in the space to the top with string beans or asparagus tips.

  22. Decorate with gherkins and the white of a hard-boiled egg cut in fanciful shapes, and with stars of mayonnaise.

  23. Dip in half-set aspic the white of egg, poached and cut in fanciful shapes, and small gherkins cut in thin slices, and decorate the bottom and sides of a charlotte or cylindrical mould standing in ice water.

  24. Chill timbale moulds in ice water; dip thin slices of gherkins into half-set aspic, and arrange them symmetrically against the sides of the moulds, and brush over the decoration with aspic.

  25. When removed from the mould, garnish with chopped aspic and fans cut from gherkins and lettuce.

  26. Slice the gherkins and put them in layers between the meat.

  27. Let the gherkins remain in salt and water for 3 or 4 days, when take them out, wipe perfectly dry, and put them into a stone jar.

  28. Gherkins are young cucumbers; and the only way in which they are used for cooking purposes is pickling them, as by the recipe here given.

  29. Boil this quickly until somewhat reduced; then put in the yolks of the hard-boiled eggs whole, the whites cut in small pieces, and the gherkins chopped.

  30. Anchovy and gherkin, cut into small diamonds, may be placed between, or cut gherkins in slices, and a border of them laid round.

  31. The curry may be ornamented with pickles, capsicums, and gherkins arranged prettily on the top.

  32. The vinegar the gherkins were greened in will make excellent salad sauce, or for cold meats.

  33. Gherkins are to be had by the middle of July, and for a month after.

  34. Get those of about four inches long, and an inch in diameter, the crude half-grown little gherkins usually pickled are good for nothing.

  35. In twenty-four hours pour off the liquid, wipe and dry the gherkins in the air, place them in the pickling jars, and fill the latter with boiling spiced vinegar.

  36. Place the gherkins in a large jar with plenty of salt over and among them.

  37. If they do not appear to be of a fine green, pour off the vinegar, boil it up again, cover the gherkins with fresh green vine leaves, and pour over the vinegar again.

  38. Boil this quickly until somewhat reduced; then put in the yolks of the hard-boiled eggs whole, and the whites cut in small pieces, and the gherkins chopped.


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