The chocolate seized when some water was left on the spoon used to stir while it melted.
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Seize: To form a thick, lumpy mass when melted (usually applied to chocolate).
Set: Let food become solid. (See also "Jell.")
Shred: To cut or tear into long narrow strips.
Seize - Basically the same as searing, the term refers to cooking meat, poultry, or vegetables with hot fat or oil in a sauté pan until the surface is brown or caramelized. The purpose of which is to seal in the juices before final cooking.
Sticker shock may seize anyone who buys a genuine wasabi root. A single root may cost US$8-$10, and wasabi roots run about US$70-$100 per pound, depending on where the root was grown.
May 12 - Mayaguez incident: The Cambodian navy seizes the American merchant ship SS Mayaguez in international waters. May 15 - The American merchant ship Mayaguez, seized by Cambodian forces, is rescued in operation by U.S. Navy and Marines.
Chocolate will scorch if you melt it at too high a temperature, or "seize" and become thick and grainy if you add even a drop of cold liquid to it as it's melting.
Cut chicken into serving seized pieces; remove skin, cut chicken from bones.
Chop chicken, combine with egg yolks; mix well.
The reason you would not substitute butter for shortening is that butter includes some water - enough water to cause the chocolate to "seize," or harden and form lumps.
Splattering water on melting chocolate or overheating it can be disastrous, causing it to seize.
The fondant may also seize into a very hard ball that is impossible to stir. In any case, seal the ball of fondant into a 1-gallon plastic Ziploc bag, removing as much air from the bag as possible. Let the fondant rest 1 minute before continuing.
Tomato-Avocado Salsa. Sure, we all have a favorite brand of salsa we buy year-round, but now’s the time to seize the tomato and make your own. This salsa is tasty with chips or as a taco condiment; try it with grilled shrimp or beef.
The verb's basic meaning, however, is 'seize, grasp'; it may also mean 'grab using the teeth; bite', but even from this meaning it's a wide semantic shift to 'biting' in the sense of 'pungent'.
If you were to drop a delicate chicken breast into boiling water, the proteins would seize up so quickly that all the moisture would be squeezed out, and you would end up with a small piece of dry rubber! ...
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Stew: to cook chopped bite-seized pieces of meat over low heat in simmering liquid.
Sticky rice: the defining element of sushi is not raw fish as many thin, but the rice. Sushi to the Japanese is synonymous with seasoned sticky rice.
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