baste

Example Sentences

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His wife had already basted the family turkey the night before and now she was cracking 180 eggs with a smile and wearing plastic gloves.

From Los Angeles Times

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

From Seattle Times

I have a section on using different flavored butters to baste and add flavor, so add garlic butter or maple butter to something like a corn muffin or a cornbread.

From Salon

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

From BBC

The roast will glow, burnished and blazing, as I open the oven door to baste it with preserves and turn the glowing globes of potato in their spitting fat.

From Salon