crust

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Where is water getting in and out of the crust, and how effective this water flow through the crust is at cooling it down?

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  1. noun The hard outer portion or surface area of bread.
  2. noun A piece of bread consisting mostly of the hard outer portion.
  3. noun A piece of bread that has become hard and dry.
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  • Bake this @ 350 degrees for about 30-40 minutes until the crust is a deep brown on top.
  • Others refer to it as the crust, although strictly speaking, crust is not confined to the two ends.
  • Where is water getting in and out of the crust, and how effective this water flow through the crust is at cooling it down? —  Scientific American
  • The color isn't nearly as attractive and the crust is a bit crunchier than a sandwich bread should be.
  • It was ok, but the crust was a little too cakey (does that make sense?) for my taste … the flavor and toppings were good (I got the fresh tomato sauce, ricotta & basil topped with mozzarella) but if I'm going to do pizza for lunch, I much prefer the thin, standard New York slice (which is also cheaper.) —  Midtown Lunch
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biscuit ·  cake ·  dough ·  paste ·  chunk ·  layer ·  slice ·  cheese ·  flake ·  loaf ·  pie ·  stratum

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crust:   crusts
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Etymologies (3)

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  1. Middle English cruste, from Old French crouste, from Latin crūsta; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Middle English crust = Dutch korst = Middle Low German kroste, Low German korste, koste = Old High German crustā, Middle High German G. kruste = Old French crouste, French croûte = Provencal Portuguese Italian crosta = Spanish costra, from Latin crusta, the hard surface of a body, rind, shell, crust, inlaid work; cf. Greek κρύος, frost: see crystal.
  2. from Middle English crusten, from crust, n.
 

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