saucepan
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Cook the remaining corn: Heat the butter or oil in the same saucepan.
From Salon ● Aug. 16, 2026
I’ll do this over medium-low heat in a small saucepan.
From Salon ● Jun. 13, 2026
"It could be a person, it could be an animal, a flower, a film, a photograph in the newspaper, just anything. A saucepan in the kitchen, boiling, you know, the steam coming…"
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2026
Set up your double boiler: you want a medium-sized pot or saucepan with about an inch or two of water, and then a heat-proof bowl which fits snugly atop the pot.
From Salon ● Jun. 5, 2025
The kind lady saw him settled on a bench against the wall, and provided by a silent serving woman with a mug of chocolatl from the saucepan on the iron stove.
From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman
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