(n.) A kind of pie or pudding made by lining a dish with slices of bread, and filling it with bread soaked in milk, and baked.
Example Sentences:
(1) Top 10 Arpad Cseh Senior investment director, UBS Alice La Trobe Weston Executive director, head of European credit research, MSIM Morgan Stanley Katie Garrett Executive director, senior engineer, Goldman Sachs Alix Ainsley, Charlotte Cherry H R director, group operations (job share), Lloyds Banking Group Matt Dawson Director for business development, The Instant Group Angela Kitching, Hannah Pearce Head of external affairs (job share), Age UK Morwen Williams Head of newsgathering operations, BBC Georgina Faulkner Head of Sky multisports, Sky Maggie Stilwell Managing partner for talent, UK & Ireland, EY Sarah Moore Partner, PwC
(2) At Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital from 1980 to 1987, 195 women had a trial of scar in their second ongoing pregnancy, having been delivered previously by elective caesarean section.
(3) Another example is the death in 1817 of Princess Charlotte, in childbirth, which led to the scramble of George III's aging sons to marry and beget an heir to the throne.
(4) Charlotte Emma Aitchison suits the bold, bratty music she makes.
(5) Charlotte, by email Ahh, the question that truly marks the passing of time for Generation X.
(6) I even suspect that if Charlotte had truly known what marriage to a man so teeth-gnashingly awful really meant – in a way that no woman without the experience of going out with, let alone sleeping with, someone inappropriate can – she would have made a different choice.
(7) There’s not a lot you can tell a kid.” Cam Newton called the latest police shooting in Charlotte “embarrassing”, but said he’s not rushing to any judgments until he has more information.
(8) A woman identified by a protest organizer as Bree Newsome, a 30-year-old youth organizer from Charlotte, North Carolina, climbed the flagpole before 6am and took down the controversial emblem of the antebellum, slaveholding south, with the assistance of another activist.
(9) Any hint of Charlotte as a sexual being is tossed on to the historical furnace.
(10) In an interview with the Guardian’s Charlotte Higgins in February 2014, when he was chairman of the Commons culture, media and sport select committee, Whittingdale said: “The BBC is the most wasteful, bloated organisation on the planet.” He said: “Chris Patten [the BBC Trust’s former chairman] used to make jokes about the army of the People’s Republic of China being the organisation that’s the closest he’s encountered to the BBC: it is just huge numbers of people, many of whom don’t appear to be doing anything.” On Thursday, Whittingdale will unveil a green paper on the future of the BBC that sets a demanding agenda before the renegotiation of the corporation’s royal charter.
(11) The 28-year-old was having a drink with a friend outside the Draft House pub at the corner of Goodge Street and Charlotte Street when he heard the sound of a moped crashing.
(12) 126 children of 102 hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) carrier mothers were delivered at Hammersmith Hospital and Queen Charlotte's Maternity Hospital, between 1971 and mid-1978.
(13) And with that, we'll knock the first day's live blog on the head: look out later on for the ever popular galleries from the red carpet, as well as Charlotte Higgins' report from the Gatsby press conference.
(14) BBC1 controller Charlotte Moore , who commissioned the dramas with BBC drama controller Ben Stephenson, said: "These four classic novels each represent a real moment in our recent history when Britain was on the cusp of great social and cultural change.
(15) In 2013, actor Pierce Brosnan’s daughter, Charlotte, died from ovarian cancer.
(16) The day I walked in the bushveld with Desmond Tutu Read more “What Charlotte was doing was praying with us.
(17) "This is a wake-up call," said campaigner Charlotte Hitchmough, a member of Action for the River Kennet.
(18) He’s sending very strong signals that he’s going to take a hard line on Cuba but without giving specifics,” said Gregory Weeks, an expert on US-Cuban relations at the University of North Carolina in Charlotte.
(19) The film co-stars Britain's ubiquitous Emily Blunt , along with Aliens star Bill Paxton, Charlotte Riley and Jonas Armstrong .
(20) Charlotte Proudman has done a great job of explaining why women should not “passively accept being objectified” in the workplace .
Shallot
Definition:
(n.) A small kind of onion (Allium Ascalonicum) growing in clusters, and ready for gathering in spring; a scallion, or eschalot.
Example Sentences:
(1) The smoky density of the mackerel was nicely offset by the pointed black olive tapenade and the fresh, zingy flavours present in little tangles of tomato, shallot, red pepper and spring onion, a layer of pea shoots and red chard, and the generous dressing of grassy olive oil.
(2) Three ways with cider vinegar • Winter salad dressing Boil two shallots with a few juniper berries and thyme leaves, then reduce 150ml cider vinegar by half and mix with the above.
(3) All test organisms were inhibited by garlic juice, whilst onion and shallot juice showed no effect upon gram negative bacteria.
(4) Pour the olive oil into a small saucepan, add the shallots then gently cook over a low heat for about 30-40 minutes, until the shallots are tender and a light golden colour.
(5) Add the carrots, well scrubbed and halved lengthways, to the pan, and add the shallots, peeled and sliced in half.
(6) One of the sharing plates at Polpo in London sees moscardini (aka baby octopus) cooked for 10 minutes in stock, left to cool and then marinated for 24 hours in a powerful mixture of olive oil, red-wine vinegar, fennel seeds, shallots, fresh oregano, garlic and finely sliced chilli.
(7) Iam eating oysters with shallot cream and a delicate pear sauce at Mirazur , a two-Michelin-starred restaurant on the French Riviera.
(8) Serves 2 1 lemon, very thinly sliced 1 tsp salt 1 tsp caster sugar For the garam masala 1 tsp black peppercorns 1 tsp cumin seeds 1 tsp coriander seeds 2 cardamom pods, seeds only ½ tsp ground cinnamon 1 whole clove For the prawns 2 small shallots, halved 10g ginger, finely grated 2 garlic cloves, finely grated ½ tsp chilli flakes 2 rosemary sprigs, leaves picked and finely chopped 125g tenderstem broccoli, sliced into thirds 200g large prawns, peeled 5g each of basil and coriander, leaves picked 1 Place the lemon slices in a bowl and sprinkle both sides with the salt and caster sugar.
(9) From Scotland to Japan, coffee to shallots, here’s what was most read in 2014.
(10) The effect of shallot extract on blood lipid levels and erythrocyte shape has been studied in rabbits.
(11) Chop it finely, then fry for 5 minutes with olive oil, finely chopped shallot and parsley.
(12) The Beach Restaurant (01736 871191) there serves Fowey mussels in shallots and white wine, Newlyn crab sarnies, catch of the day and more.
(13) 3 tbsp cider vinegar 5 black or green peppercorns 1 small bay leaf ½ shallot, peeled and finely chopped 1 sprig tarragon, plus 1 tsp chopped tarragon leaves 1 sprig chervil, plus 1 tsp chopped chervil (optional) 2 good steaks 150g unsalted butter 1 large egg yolk Salt and freshly ground black pepper Put the vinegar, peppercorns, bay leaf, shallot, tarragon sprig and chervil sprig, if using, in a small pan and bring to a boil.
(14) On the "winter harvest-themed menu" at the White House: First course Brussels sprouts, applewood smoked bacon Second course Spring garden lettuces, shallot dressing, shaved breakfast radish, cucumbers and avocados Main course Bison wellington, a red wine reduction, French beans, cipollini onions Dessert Warm meyer lemon steamed pudding with Idaho huckleberry sauce and newtown pippin apples American wines
(15) Lower the heat under the pan, add the butter and gently sauté the shallots for five minutes, until softened.
(16) Berlin duo launch a supermarket with no packaging Shrink-wrapped shallots and polystyrene-packed peppers are a thing of the past at Original Unverpackt, a German concept store selling groceries without the packaging.
(17) 2 tbsp oil 4 pork chops Salt and freshly ground black pepper 1 knob butter 3 shallots, peeled, halved and very finely sliced About 250ml dry cider 100ml crème fraîche 1½ tbsp Dijon mustard 1 good sprig tarragon, picked (about 20 leaves), finely chopped 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley Heat a large frying pan over medium heat and add the oil.
(18) Serves 6-8 4 shallots, finely chopped Olive oil A dash of port 2 conference pears, skins removed and sliced 300ml single cream 2 large eggs 1 tsp thyme leaves 225g stilton cheese, crumbled Salt and freshly ground black pepper For the pastry 75g walnuts 150g plain flour 120g butter, chilled and diced 1 tsp icing sugar Salt and pepper 1 For the pastry, put all the ingredients into a food processor and blend to fine crumbs.
(19) The cytotoxic and mutagenic effects of the synthetic auxin 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) on shallot root tip cells and on V79 Chinese hamster fibroblast cells were examined and compared.
(20) Lightly butter an ovenproof pan or gratin dish and sprinkle on the shallots.