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Example sentences for "then drain"

  • Then drain them, split them in two, break their claws, and serve them garnished with parsley.

  • Take fifty oysters, which blanch in boiling water, then drain them, preserving part of the liquid in which they were boiled.

  • Stir one minute, then drain through a fine sieve.

  • SAMP Cover the samp with boiling water, boil ten minutes, then drain, rinse in cold water, cover with fresh boiling water and a little salt.

  • Put in cold water, bring to a boil, then drain.

  • Remove the stalks and leaves, break the flower into pieces, parboil them in brine, then drain them, and lay them in a jar, and pour over boiling spiced vinegar.

  • When the parsley is prepared as above, fry it in butter or clarified suet, then drain it on a cloth placed before the fire.

  • Choose some fine fresh gherkins, and set them to soak in brine for a week; then drain them, and pour over boiling vinegar, prepared with the usual spices, first having covered them with fresh vine leaves.

  • Let them stand two days; then drain them, and stuff with the same mixture as is used for peppers.

  • Boil fifteen minutes; then drain again, and throw this vinegar and water away.

  • Stir all the time until a golden brown; then drain, and put with the meat.

  • Cut the tomatoes in thin slices, sprinkle with the salt, and let them stand two days; then drain them.

  • Wash the rice well in two waters; make 2 quarts of water boiling, and throw the rice into it; boil it until three-parts done, then drain it on a sieve.

  • Pare and cut the cucumbers into slices of an equal thickness, and let them remain in a pickle of salt and vinegar for ½ hour, then drain them in a cloth, and put them into a stewpan with the butter.

  • The next and last process in the preparation of bacon and hams, previous to being sent to market, is drying.

  • Put in the salt when the water boils, and simmer the beef-tea gently from ½ to ¾ hour, removing any more scum should it appear on the surface.

  • Work the above ingredients well together, and let them be thoroughly mixed with a wooden spoon.

  • Then drain it, and send it to table, garnished with alternate heaps of grated horseradish and curled parsley, and accompanied by a boat of egg-sauce.

  • Then drain it, wrap it in a dry cloth, and set it in a cold place till next day.

  • Boil them slowly till quite soft; then drain them in a cullender, and mash them.

  • Then drain them, and put them into a covered pan with a very little water.

  • Scrape, wash, drain, and put about two quarts of parsnips in a saucepan with cold water and a little salt, set on the fire and boil till done, then drain.

  • After that time the liquor is rather sour, then drain.

  • Soak them in water and wash well several times, then drain.

  • Put peppercorns in a bowl, cover with cold water, and leave thus till the skin is tender; then drain.

  • Then drain them, cut them in pieces, and parboil them.

  • Then drain it, and chop small all the green part.

  • Then drain them; lay them in a broad pan of cold water, cover them, and let them stand all night.

  • Sprinkle with flour, cover the fish with milk, and simmer gently until done, then drain.

  • Soak fillets of codfish in this for an hour, then drain, dip into beaten egg, then into crumbs, and fry in deep fat.

  • Break macaroni into inch lengths and add it with 1 tablespoonful of the Crisco to plenty of boiling water and boil twenty minutes, then drain.

  • Fry in hot Crisco to golden brown, then drain.

  • Let stand for forty-eight hours, then drain, strain the juice, and put the meat on a platter.

  • Cook the citron in water until quite clear, then drain through a colander.

  • Boil until soft to the touch, then drain, and put in cold water and soak for twenty-four hours, changing the water often.

  • Then drain, add a little sugar, to taste, and boil until soft.

  • Then drain them; lay them in a broad pan of cold water; cover them; and let them stand all night.

  • Then drain it, and put it into a sauce-pan, with only the water that remains about it after the washing.

  • Then drain them, and roll them about in a flat dish of finely-powdered loaf-sugar till they are completely coated with it, using your fingers to spread the sugar into the hollows between the grapes.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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