单词 | cookable |
释义 | cookableadj.n. A. adj. 1. That can be cooked as food; able to be cooked; suitable for cooking with. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [adjective] > cookable cookable1836 kitchenable1905 1836 Morning Chron. 8 Sept. All possible, cookable things That e'er tripp'd upon trotters or soar'd upon wings. 1884 W. M. Williams in Pop. Sci. Monthly 24 773 All the cookable and eatable fats fall into the class ‘fixed oils’. 1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 399 The cookable and eatable flesh of a calf newly dropped from its mother. 2008 Financial Times 12 July (House & Home section) 12/3 The only cookable variety is the frost-prone French tarragon. 2. Of a recipe, cookbook, etc.: describing or including dishes that can be easily or enjoyably made. ΚΠ 1938 Daily Iowan 3 Sept. 2/6 Rex Stout's ‘Too Many Cooks’—which promises to be a swell mystery with pages of cookable recipes in the back. 1989 Financial Times 30 Dec. (Weekend FT section) p. xi/2 Recipes From a French Herb Garden..is less ambitious, more sympathetic, I think, and it is eminently cookable. 1996 Eat Soup Dec. 114/2 Whether it's the butter-based cooking of the opulent North, or the olive-rich cuisine of the South, Rose Gray and Ruth Rogers have taken the best and made it cookable. 2005 Independent 23 July (Mag.) 49/1 David Herbert's ‘The Perfect Cookbook’ and ‘More Perfect Recipes’..are instantly attractive, charming and concise collections of wide-ranging, cookable recipes. B. n. Something that can be cooked as food; an item of food that is intended to be cooked. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > qualities of food > [noun] > cookable food cookable1843 1843 ‘R. Carlton’ New Purchase I. viii. 47 Next came a resolution that the ladies should prepare the cookables—i.e. stuff the chicken with filling—beat eggs for puddings, and the like. 1858 T. P. Thompson Audi Alteram Partem (1859) II. lxxii. 18 The wilds of Canada will doubtless furnish some equally savoury cookable. 2009 @MyTableMagazine 24 July in twitter.com (accessed 21 Aug. 2019) Mongolian Hot Pot and Grill tonight - can't wait for the spicy broth and various cookables. Derivatives cookaˈbility n. ΚΠ 1852 Spectator 24 Jan. 80/1 Next week, if mutton be quite worn out, there is beef; and that has a still greater tenacity of cookability. 1884 Knowledge 9 Dec. 286 To impart to my fellow-countrymen..my own convictions concerning the cookability..of cheese. 2018 Sc. Farmer (Nexis) 20 Mar. [A] showcase of exceptional talent with the finest butchers being judged on technical skills, cookability of products, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.n.1836 |
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