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baste

[beyst] / beɪst /
VERB
moisten during cooking
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VERB
sew temporarily
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Use the rest of the butter to baste.

From Salon Jan. 31, 2024

Cook and baste the fish until the thickest parts reach 115°F to 120°F, or are nearly opaque when cut into, 2 to 3 minutes.

From Washington Times May 19, 2023

Be sure to baste the fish with this liquid during cooking and just before serving.

From Seattle Times Jan. 16, 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

Add one cupful of boiling stock, and baste frequently for the first half hour.

From The Myrtle Reed Cook Book by Myrtle Reed

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

He started a ghost kitchen in Queens called Pecking House based on five-spice-seasoned fried chicken generously basted with Tianjin chile oil — ingredients in his family’s Chinese restaurant pantry.

From Washington Post Apr. 26, 2023

There were arches of spun sugar, towers of pastry, basted birds posed for flight.

From "The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge" by M.T. Anderson and Eugene Yelchin

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

Follow up: If there's barely any liquid at the bottom of my roasting pan, what should I be basting with?

From Salon Nov. 25, 2024

But before you start basting the turkey and preparing the stuffing, it’s good to get your kitchen in as good a shape as possible.

From Seattle Times Nov. 14, 2023

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

The next few hours are spent doing tasks no one else wants to do—snipping stitches, basting, sweeping up, collecting pins and putting them in pincushions.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline




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