单词 | to set the sponge |
释义 | > as lemmasto set the sponge b. Baking and Brewing. To add barm or yeast to. to set the sponge: to leaven a mass of flour. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > manufacture of alcoholic drink > brewing > [verb (transitive)] > add yeast to set1743 pitch1875 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of bread > prepare bread [verb (transitive)] > add leaven or raise sourdoughc1384 leavena1400 raisea1500 set1743 sponge1773 the world > food and drink > food > food manufacture and preparation > preparation for table or cooking > preparation of bread > prepare bread [verb (intransitive)] > add leaven to set the sponge1841 1743 W. Ellis Suppl. to London & Country Brewer (ed. 2) 329 This Servant..being obliged to set his Drink that Night. 1841 Guide to Trade, Baker 41 The..journeyman..is occupied in carrying out bread till about half-past four, when he sets the sponge. 1844 T. Webster & F. Parkes Encycl. Domest. Econ. §4317 The sponge being thus set, cover the whole over with a cloth. to set (or lay) the sponge d. The soft fermenting dough of which bread is made. Frequently in the phrase to set (or lay) the sponge. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > dishes and prepared food > bread > [noun] > dough for bread dougheOE rye dough1584 bread dough1698 sponge1748 turnpike1850 sourdough1868 1748 H. Glasse Art of Cookery (ed. 3) xvii. 297 To make White Bread... When your Spunge has stood its proper Time clear the Oven, and begin to make your Bread. 1796 A. Simmons Amer. Cookery 38 Butter biscuit. One pint each milk and emptins, laid into flour, in sponge. 1822 Imison's Sci. & Art II. 152 This is called setting the sponge. 1830 M. Donovan Domest. Econ. I. x. 355 To this strained matter, one half of the whole quantity of flour is to be added, and well worked up with the hands so as to form sponge. 1857 W. A. Miller Elements Chem. III. 113 The mass swells up, or, as the baker terms it, the sponge rises. 1896 T. Hardy Jude v. iii He was obliged to go to bed at night immediately after laying the sponge. < as lemmas |
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