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baste

[bayst] / beɪst /
VERB
moisten during cooking
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VERB
sew temporarily
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Baste every 25 to 40 minutes depending upon the turkeys total roasting time, aim to baste four to five times over the entire roasting time for your particular bird.

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

You baste every 30 minutes before removing the cheesecloth to cook uncovered to burnish the skin.

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 16, 2023

Pour the remaining 2 tablespoons lime juice into the pan and baste the fillets once or twice more.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023

To add to the flavour, Taylor’s preferred liquid to baste the turkey with is coffee, butter and maple syrup.

From BBC ● Dec. 7, 2022

Then make haste and carry it to the sewing room, and tell Miss Finch to baste it in the neck and sleeves of that new black silk of mine.

From Mildred's New Daughter by Martha Finley

The programme title is a play on Lord Lloyd Webber's 1986 musical The Phantom of the Opera, basted on the novel by Gaston Leroux.

From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2025

It was the second year in a row that Langford hit a game-winning homer in the championship game, having basted a two-run shot in the top of the eighth inning last spring against the Highlanders.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2024

As a child, Yamamoto said he sometimes snacked on soy-sauce basted grasshoppers.

From Reuters ● Jul. 26, 2023

The egg, slid into a smoking-hot oiled skillet then basted with said fat until done, is just an added flex, as in: "Behold my mastery of the sear."

From Salon ● Feb. 28, 2023

A short time after she pursued—“I seed you go out with the master, but I didn’t know you were gone to church to be wed;” and she basted away.

From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë

In August 2023, the state blamed another botched satellite launch on an error in the emergency basting system, but said it was "not a big issue".

From BBC ● May 21, 2025

How often should I be basting my bird?

From Salon ● Nov. 25, 2024

Then we take a two-step approach to ensure it stays moist, basting it in butter as it cooks and then serving it with a luscious but bright sauce.

From Washington Times ● May 19, 2023

Continue cooking, basting the roast occasionally, until the internal temperature reaches 130 degrees for medium-rare or 140 for medium, which will take up to 1 1/2 hours.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 11, 2022

Some grammarians use the analogy of stitching: punctuation as the basting that holds the fabric of language in shape.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author




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