half-boiled

Breakfast was at our favorite coffee stall in the nearby hawker centre: strong local coffee, charcoal-toasted bread with butter and kaya, and half-boiled eggs.

catch-up (mega-edition) jlundberg 2009

Post-colonial literature smells like buttered toast and a half-boiled egg in soy sauce.

Coming to Terms Sharon Bakar 2006

The dumplings get half-boiled and half-steamed and will swell to about twice their original volume as they cook.

Archive 2007-02-01 Carla 2007

The dumplings get half-boiled and half-steamed and will swell to about twice their original volume as they cook.

February recipe: Goulash Carla 2007

Some kopitiams are just that, serving breakfast items in addition to coffee and tea, typically kaya toast and half-boiled eggs.

how to cook your life jlundberg 2007

The stuff was half-boiled Indian meal, which had been improperly subjected at first to the full heat of boiling water; and in its present state was bad food either for children or grown people.

Castle Richmond 2004

For an English dinner, to such lodgers as I am, generally consists of a piece of half-boiled, or half-roasted meat; and a few cabbage leaves boiled in plain water; on which they pour a sauce made of flour and butter.

Travels in England in 1782 2004

He made great play at the eternal half-boiled leg of mutton, floating in a bloody sea of grease and gravy, which always comes on the table three hours after the departure from Porto Bello.

The Kellys and the O'Kellys 2004

For use the loaf is scraped, and a sufficiency is added to the half-boiled or stewed flesh, the two being then cooked together: it is equally prized in meat broths, or with fish, dry and fresh; and it is the favoured kitchen for rice and the insipid banana.

Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo 2003

The man's eyes flashed in amusement as he opened a deep cigar box and tossed out a half-boiled tuber.

A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life Herman Gastrell Seely