(n.) One who, or that which, mashes; also (Brewing), a machine for making mash.
(n.) A charmer of women.
Example Sentences:
(1) For the best results, pass the potatoes through a potato ricer or mouli – otherwise, use a standard potato masher.
(2) Add the reserved liquid, lemon juice, cumin, the rest of the oil, three-quarters of a teaspoon of salt and a good grind of pepper, and on a medium-high heat warm through for six to seven minutes, crushing the beans slightly with a masher, until the mixture has the consistency of thick porridge.
(3) Depending on how daintily diced your vegetables are, you can either leave them in the gravy, or mash them up a bit with a potato masher and then sieve the gravy into a saucepan for the rest of the cooking.
(4) Photograph: Jordan Hoffman for the Guardian Nearby was a station with a similar concept, a Star Wars-specific version of Hero Mashers , in which you can take component parts and build your own action figure.
(5) Pass the steaming flesh through a ricer if you have one, or use a masher to obtain a smooth paste.
(6) His first directing job, Mission: Impossible III , had not been finished, he had a string of script commissions behind him of variable quality – including Michael Bay's infamous asteroid-masher Armageddon .
(7) Mash together with a masher or fork until you have a smooth thick puree, with a mashed potato consistency.
(8) On the one hand, I was impressed with this opportunity to play in such a free jazz style, but part of me wondered if Hero Mashers wasn’t born of a toy exec spying a bin of discarded doll parts wondering if he couldn’t make a buck out of ’em somehow.
(9) They were quickly alerted to the fact that the Japanese generally do not eat cheese or mashed potatoes during a presentation, leaving the potato masher and grater largely redundant - although the brand has proved particularly successful there and in the US out of the 105 countries they now sell in, mostly through third-party distributors.
(10) Now, whether using fresh or frozen, run a masher over the peas a few times to break them up a bit.
Rasher
Definition:
(n.) A thin slice of bacon.
(n.) A California rockfish (Sebastichthys miniatus).
Example Sentences:
(1) The Brooklyn resident is also a regular egg eater – although she prefers hers scrambled and served with four rashers of bacon.
(2) In other words, if 100 people ate a sandwich containing three rashers of bacon (about 50g) every day of their lives, then 18% more of them would get bowel cancer, which equates to seven rather than six.
(3) Eating 50g of processed meat every day – the equivalent to one sausage or two rashers of bacon – increases the risk by 19%, compared to people who do not eat processed meat at all.
(4) Serves 8-10 2 small onions, finely chopped 2 sticks of celery, finely chopped 4 garlic cloves, minced Olive oil 1 large carrot, grated 2 bay leaves 2 sprigs of rosemary 4 rashers smoked bacon, finely chopped 500g pork mince 500g beef mince Salt and black pepper 400ml red wine 2 tins of chopped tomatoes 30g dried porcini mushrooms, rehydrated in hot water with a splash of milk 600-800g dried tagliatelle, cooked to serve Parmesan, grated, to serve 1 Over a low heat, gently soften the onions, celery and garlic in a little olive oil for about 15 minutes.
(5) Serves 6 bacon 6 rashers butter 50g leeks 800g chicken stock 1 litre parsley a handful, roughly chopped For the croûtes olive oil 6 tbsp rosemary needles 10g bread 6 slices Dice the bacon finely.
(6) Serves 4 1.2kg potatoes, preferably Maris Piper or King Edward, peeled and cut into roughly 4cm chunks 1 small green savoy cabbage (about 450g), trimmed and finely shredded 75g butter, cubed 6 rindless smoked streaky bacon rashers, cut into 3cm pieces 6 spring onions, trimmed and finely sliced 125ml double cream 4 large fridge-cold eggs Flaked sea salt Freshly ground black pepper 1 Put the potatoes in a large saucepan and cover with cold water.
(7) Some brave souls tackle the monstrous breakfast roll, which offers five sausages, three rashers of bacon, plus black pudding, egg and beans.
(8) The rasher essayists were holed up in asylums until they “recovered”: in other words, until they publicly recanted their views.
(9) In the original, the recipe suggested using bacon rashers 50mm thick.
(10) Liver and bacon Serves 1, takes 30 minutes ¼ lb liver 1 or 2 rashers bacon 1 onion 1 tomato (optional) 2 teaspoon flour Begin gently frying rashers and when they have given off some fat, add slices of liver that you have dipped in flour, and onion chopped very fine; fry quickly on each side; then lower gas and cook very slowly for about 7 minutes each side or more depending on the thickness of the slices.
(11) One pan, one ring: how to cook Sixties bedsit food Poor man's goulash Serves 1, takes 30 minutes 2 tomatoes or tomato paste 1 onion 1 or 2 rashers bacon 2 potatoes paprika (essential) salt sour milk, optional Start by boiling the potatoes for at least 10 minutes.
(12) Roast bacon and parsley sauce Serves four 16 rashers of good-quality unsmoked bacon, about 5mm thick.
(13) Eating two rashers of bacon a day can increase the risk of pancreatic cancer by 19% and the risk goes up if a person eats more, experts have said.
(14) Mario Batali is a barrel-chested, thick-forearmed American-Italian chef whose love of the pig is so developed, indeed so intense, that for Christmas his kids gave him a scarf woven to look like a rasher of streaky bacon.
(15) Spencer called them "a symphony of rashers of bacon" with "tea-making obligato" and said they depict a banality of life which was, for those sent there from the battlefield, a "heaven in a hell of war".