I. noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
brandy butter
butter bean
cocoa butter
peanut butter
shea butter
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
clarified
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When cold, seal with clarified butter .
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The boy's hair was plastered with ghee, or clarified butter , as evidence of his achievement.
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Rabia began to massage Jane's tummy with some kind of lubricant, probably clarified butter .
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No clarified butter seal is necessary.
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Mix, adding some clarified butter to form a firm paste.
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Next day pour in clarified butter to cover the salmon and seal it completely.
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Then seal the pots with a layer of just-melted clarified butter .
cream
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Meanwhile cream together the butter , pepper, mustard and lemon juice.
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With wooden spoon, cream butter and peanut butter until smooth, add sugar and cream well.
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Whisk the dry ingredients together. Cream together the butter and sugar in a large bowl and beat in the eggs.
fresh
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Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter .
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I sat down at the table and inhaled the odor of fresh butter .
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First try it fresh and without butter .
hot
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With a south-westerly wind filling her sails, Seawitch was slicing through the sparkling waves like a hot knife through butter .
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Serve hot with butter . recipe ends here Fancy Dress Costumes I see these as being in three separate categories.
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You slice through the work force like a hot knife through butter .
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It is served cold with hot melted butter with a dash of lemon in it on the side.
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The lobster on the other hand, firm and sweet, definitely benefits from a dunk in the hot butter .
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Serve hot with butter or syrup.
little
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It is boiled with very little butter .
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In almost all instances, cook fresh mushrooms quickly in a little butter or olive oil in a hot saute pan.
melted
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Pour in melted butter just to cover the meat.
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Lightly brush with one tablespoon of melted butter , bake for 5-8 minutes until just soft.
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Over each slice pour some melted butter .
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Layer two sheets of filo, brushing each with melted butter .
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Brush with more melted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
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If we eat out my favourite meal is oysters and caviar followed by asparagus with melted butter .
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Egg yolks mixed with Dijon mustard, thickened with both melted butter and olive oil, flavoured with tarragon.
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A chequered tablecloth and lighting like melted butter .
remaining
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Meanwhile heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
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Cut the remaining butter into slivers and stir into the rice with the grated Parmesan cheese.
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Allow to reduce by one third and then remove from the heat and slowly add the remaining butter . 6.
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Fry the onions in remaining butter until soft.
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Melt the remaining butter in a wide-bottomed pan, add the bamboo shoots, mangetout and seasoning.
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Season to taste. 4 Brush an edged baking sheet with the remaining butter .
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Add the shallots or salad onions to the remaining butter in the pan and cook until just soft.
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Season the lamb and add the remaining butter to the pan.
unsalted
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And then there is that tub of lovely unsalted butter that spreads so well and tastes sooo yummy.
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Then brush the outside of the bread with melted, unsalted butter and place the sandwich in the skillet, Kafka directs.
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Mash it or purée it in the blender with an equal quantity of fresh unsalted butter .
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Q: Should I bake with salted or unsalted butter ?
■ NOUN
brandy
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Orange rum butter Orange rum butter is a cousin of brandy butter.
cocoa
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Purists and protectionists had insisted that only products made from cocoa butter were worthy of the name.
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While the work of Prof Harwood is valuable, cocoa butter is not responsible for the popularity of chocolate.
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Because of these shortages, much research has been undertaken to produce a fat with cocoa butter properties.
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It is the percentage content of cocoa butter that dictates the quality of the chocolates that you buy.
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I gave her a jar of home-made skin cream containing almond oil, cocoa butter and rosewater to soften her skin.
cup
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In medium bowl, combine cup butter , milk, custard powder and confectioners' sugar.
knife
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To avoid further embarrassment he took the butter knife plus the bit of butter with him.
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Tillman compressed his lips and, with a butter knife , dug at a smudge of paste stuck to his tee shirt.
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Dessert cutlery is set above the place mat; butter knife is on the side plate.
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A kindergartner gets caught with a butter knife in his school backpack and is expelled for carrying a concealed weapon.
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Use the butter knife to spread the honey-butter on the bread.
melt
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Bring to boil slowly then remove from heat. Melt butter in a pan and stir in flour.
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For sauce: melt butter , add flour, add milk, whisk.
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Drain, reserving water. Melt butter and fry lettuce slowly until soft.
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Crush biscuits either in a polythene bag using a rolling pin, or in a food processor. Melt butter .
mountain
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Have you contributed a great deal this year to the butter mountain ?
peanut
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Loved peanut butter and jam sandwiches.
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She often thought of peanut butter .
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She says that the badgers eat worms, slugs, and peanut butter sandwiches.
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She dipped her carrot into the peanut butter as she went to the door.
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The son was looking directly ahead out of the window stuffing himself with bread and peanut butter and strawberry jam.
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He once paid his sister $ 300 to make him a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
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Clinton's other favourite pastimes include basketball, reading, and peanut butter and banana sandwiches.
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If I skipped the peanut butter on the celery, would I lose more weight?
sauce
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Mama Sipcott's butter sauce was gleaming on her chin and she looked very beautiful.
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Also try Pinot Noir with swordfish steaks or halibut with a black butter sauce .
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Fries and slaw, plus decadent garlic butter sauce , also accompany the more than a dozen charbroiled items.
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A dunk into that aforementioned garlic butter sauce is highly recommended.
tablespoon
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Add milk, beaten egg, and remaining 4 tablespoons butter .
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Heat oil and 1 tablespoon butter in a large, deep skillet and add leeks and a little salt and pepper.
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Remove from heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
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In the top of a double boiler over hot water, melt the chocolate squares and the tablespoon butter .
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Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat.
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Add white sauce mixing slightly and dot with 1 tablespoon butter .
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Melt 4 tablespoons butter or margarine in a small saucepan; stir in brown sugar; heat until bubbly.
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While beets are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion in remaining 1 tablespoon butter until soft but not browned.
■ VERB
add
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And on no account add butter or margarine.
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Remove from heat and add 2 tablespoons butter and 1 teaspoon vanilla.
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Allow to reduce by one third and then remove from the heat and slowly add the remaining butter . 6.
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Combine first 7 ingredients in a large mixer bowl and add buttermilk, butter and eggs.
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Make a well in the dry ingredients and gradually add butter and sugar mixture.
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Turn the heat to medium-low. Add the tablespoon of butter .
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Season the lamb and add the remaining butter to the pan.
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Slow the beating to blend to add the margarine or butter .
beat
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Bring to the boil a pan half-filled with water. Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and light.
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With an electric mixer, gradually increase to high speed to beat butter until creamy.
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Half-fill a large pan with water and bring to the boil. Beat the butter in a warmed mixing bowl until creamy.
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In another large bowl, beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until fluffy.
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For the filling, beat the butter with the icing sugar until light and fluffy, then beat in the chocolate liqueur.
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Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugars until fluffy.
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To make the cinnamon butter , beat the butter with the icing sugar and cinnamon and spread on to the split scones.
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Sift flour, baking powder and salt on to wax paper. Beat remaining butter or margarine until soft in large bowl.
clarify
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Villagers passed us leaf dishes containing several tiny lamps of clarified butter .
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Then the whole thing is cooked slowly in a nonstick pan lightly coated with olive oil or clarified butter .
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It is also found pressed into clarified butter atop p t s and terrines, adding flavour and decorative value.
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In a large skillet, melt clarified butter and saute rabbit over moderate heat until evenly browned.
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In a large skillet, melt clarified butter .
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While mixture is reducing, saute mushrooms in 2 tablespoons of the clarified butter until golden brown.
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IPreheat oven to 375 F.. Melt remaining clarified butter .
cook
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The hotel is serving it cooked in butter with mushroom and cream flamed with brandy.
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Mix the ground beef with the cooked onions and butter .
cut
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She cut bread, spread butter , then Marmite.
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With a pastry blender, cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
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Whisk the eggs very thoroughly with the strained juice. Cut the butter into small cubes.
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Using a dull knife, whisk or potato masher, cut in butter and grated rinds until mixture resembles coarse crumbs.
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Cut the fat off meat. Cut down on butter or use a low-fat spread instead.
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Iron and steel were hard and unyielding, yet here in the machine shop, you cut them like butter .
eat
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She sat at the table, eating bread and butter .
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She looked a bit bedraggled as she sat in the dining room, mechanically eating butter cookies from a blue glass plate.
heat
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Meanwhile heat the remaining butter in a frying pan, add the garlic and cook for 1 minute.
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Dust lightly with flour. Heat butter or oil until hot.
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Reserve. Heat the butter in a wok or a large frying pan over medium heat.
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Remove almonds and set aside. Heat remaining butter in same pan over medium heat.
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Remove from the heat and let rest. Heat the butter in a frying pan over low heat.
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In a skillet, heat butter and oil.
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Season with salt and pepper. Heat the butter in a frying pan and cook the batter to make four pancakes.
put
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While he was toasting it and putting butter on it, Conradin listened to the noises beyond the dining-room door.
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People eat candy bars and put butter on their popcorn.
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Sift dry ingredients together and set aside. Put milk and butter in a pan on stove over low heat.
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He puts butter on already buttery things like croissants and pound cake.
remain
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In a large bowl, beat together remaining sugar with butter until smooth.
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While boar is cooking, saute mushrooms in remaining 1 tablespoon of butter until lightly golden brown; set aside.
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Heat remaining butter in same pan over medium heat.
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Melt remaining 1 tablespoon butter in small skillet over medium heat.
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Baste frequently with pan drippings and remaining butter mixture.
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Whisk in remaining tablespoon of butter .
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Add sour cream and remaining butter , soy sauce, salt and pepper.
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While beets are cooking, in a small skillet, saute onion in remaining 1 tablespoon butter until soft but not browned.
serve
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The hotel is serving it cooked in butter with mushroom and cream flamed with brandy.
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The next time he cooked lobster for me, he served it with butter and lemon.
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Spread copies of this week's papers on serving counter and butter thickly on slices of bread.
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Fry mush slices for 4 to 5 minutes on each side or until slightly browned. Serve hot with butter or syrup.
soften
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I gave her a jar of home-made skin cream containing almond oil, cocoa butter and rosewater to soften her skin.
spread
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She broke off a piece of baguette, spread it with butter and jam, stuffed it into her mouth.
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So she went to the cupboard and cut herself some bread, which she spread with butter .
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She cut bread, spread butter , then Marmite.
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Transfer butter to a sheet of wax paper, spreading butter out to form a rough log shape.
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He cut two thick slices of bread and spread yellow, salty butter over each one.
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Place zucchini on a baking sheet, spread butter mixture on zucchini and top with cheese.
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There were scones that had been spread with butter and jam, spam sandwiches, marmalade sandwiches and egg sandwiches.
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From a tin in the cupboard scones were produced, and spread with butter and honey.
stir
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Slowly pour on to the beaten eggs and stir in the butter and rum.
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In small bowl, lightly beat eggs. Stir in milk and butter .
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Strain and mash with a fork or potato-masher. Stir in the butter and sauce.
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Remove from the heat, stir in butter .
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Remove pan from heat. Stir butter into lemon mixture until melted.
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Reduce heat to low and stir in sugar and butter .
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Mix dry ingredients and stir into butter mixture.
use
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She loves chicken and wanted ways to liven it up without using fattening butter or cream sauces.
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Or use a combination of butter and margarine in cooking if you prefer the butter flavor.
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Try some of the other suggestions instead or just try using slightly less butter than usual.
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For a dairy cake, you can use milk chocolate and butter .
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Who would use butter to fix a watch unless they were mad?
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They claim to use real butter .
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I was persuaded long ago to use Flora instead of butter .
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Tim and I use butter differently, too.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
food/butter etc mountain
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Have you contributed a great deal this year to the butter mountain ?
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The whole point of those reforms was to get rid of the food mountains .
like a (hot) knife through butter
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Lori seemed to go through men like a knife through butter.
pat of butter
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Attach a bean to the handle end of each spoon with a pat of butter.
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Fry in a pat of butter.
your/sb's bread and butter
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Beat the butter and sugar together.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Beat the butter in a mixing bowl until creamy and light.
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Hot soup, stew or casserole in a thermos flask, plus a roll - but no butter or margarine.
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My sister-in-law Joy has another twist on this white / yellow / butter / salt / sweet comfort food thing.
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Or use a combination of butter and margarine in cooking if you prefer the butter flavor.
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Roll up each piece of fish and put into an ovenproof dish, pour over the marinade and dot with the butter .
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The inside is soft and moist, soaking up the butter .
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Use colander to strain. 5 Tip peas into serving dish. 6 Get butter from refrigerator.
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Whipped margarine, like whipped butter , has fewer calories per equal volume than regular margarine.
II. verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
up
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The Bank has to butter up both investors and intermediaries because it is in a fiercely competitive international market.
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The first step is to determine whether buttering up is really necessary.
■ NOUN
bread
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Not so in the United States, where the very definition of human existence is the bread and butter of political debate.
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Neither method requires the bread to be buttered .
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She served me bread , butter , cheese, herring, and tea.
peanut
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The produce business is not like peanut butter where it takes time for the whole process to catch up with the product.
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The peanut and sugar programs add 33 cents to the price of a jar of peanut butter , according to Pasco.
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The child may be a very picky eater; for example, refusing anything but peanut butter sandwiches and macaroni.
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How about a peanut butter and noodle casserole?
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While still beating, gradually add confectioners' sugar and peanut butter .
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How can people eat peanut butter and jelly?
tablespoon
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Melt the remaining 3 tablespoons butter in heavy casserole.
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In same pan, saute mushrooms 228 in remaining 4 tablespoons butter over high heat until golden brown.
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Melt 2 tablespoons butter in large saucepan over medium-low heat.
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Add potato puree and 4 tablespoons butter .
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Discard fat in pan and add remaining 2 tablespoons butter to pan.
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Saute onions and celery in two tablespoons butter and add flour and salt and pepper.
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To make sauce, in a saucepan, saute shallots and mushrooms in 2 tablespoons butter until golden brown.
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Whisk in remaining 2 tablespoons butter little by little.
toast
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At home she would have been having buttered toast and strawberry jam and probably a piece of sponge-cake to round it off.
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Ellie moved gingerly between the table and the kitchen counter, buttering toast and pouring cups of tea.
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The gas plops out, and I butter the toast listening to matches struck in the dark.
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Dad, in the kitchen making Sunday breakfast for the family, drops the buttered toast on the floor.
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It was while she was standing at it, buttering some toast , that Sarella heard some one humming outside.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
food/butter etc mountain
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Have you contributed a great deal this year to the butter mountain ?
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The whole point of those reforms was to get rid of the food mountains .
know which side your bread is buttered on
like a (hot) knife through butter
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Lori seemed to go through men like a knife through butter.
pat of butter
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Attach a bean to the handle end of each spoon with a pat of butter.
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Fry in a pat of butter.
your/sb's bread and butter
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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buttered bread
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Neither method requires the bread to be buttered.
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The toast, buttered and sugared and sprinkled with cinnamon, was cut into large triangles and laid out on platters.