| 单词 | potato water |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspotato water 21. Water which has been used to cook vegetables, rice, etc. Frequently with preceding word, as potato water, vegetable water, etc.See also rice water n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > cooking > [noun] > water for cooking waterOE pot-waterc1680 OE Leechbk. Fragm. (Harl.) (1865) ii. lix. 286 Wið þære healfdeadan [adle]. Nim þæt wæter þe pyosan ræran [read wæran] on gesodene, ofer willeda, syle drincan. 1609 W. B. tr. Philosophers Banquet i. xxviii. f. 30 (margin) Rice water augmenteth beauty, & cleareth the skin. 1766 Gazetteer & New Daily Advertiser 2 Oct. A rusty [bacon] bone to relish a little cabbage-water. 1813 Monthly Mag. June 411/1 Mash up the bran with the carrot-water. 1821 Leeds Mercury 2 June A correspondent informs us that potato-water, thrown upon gooseberry and other fruit-trees, will effectually destroy the caterpillars. 1908 F. A. George Vegetarian Cookery 94 Add 1 gill of the water from the beans to the rest of the sauce. 1960 Good Housek. Cookery Bk. (rev. ed.) 196/1 Vegetable water or stock made from bones should be used for gravies and brown sauces. 1990 Country Homes Oct. 122/1 One or 2 tbsp pasta water are usually added to the pesto before it is stirred into the pasta. 2008 B. Ojakangas Best Casserole Cookbk. Ever xii. 432 I like to save the water from cooking potatoes to make Finnish rye bread. < as lemmas |
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