Sentence examples for cooking for hours from inspiring English sources

The heat was so sparse that the rice had been cooking for hours and was still not ready.

And when winter came in, the idea of staying in my apartment cooking for hours had definite appeal.

For the main, I'd love one of those lamb or veal casseroles, one that's been cooking for hours and makes people feel faint with desire.

And if you are cooking for hours and for some reason the temperature gets low and you need a boost, just hit the gas.

Again, this equipment is easier to maintain and gives your kitchen that cozy natural, homely look that could keep you cooking for hours, unlike granite and stone which look soulless in the kitchen.

Nothing prepared me for the exasperation of preparing and cooking for hours only to have the food devoured in five minutes... five minutes which I did not get to enjoy because I was making sure everyone else was fed.

Many old recipes advise cooking for eight hours in a very low oven.

After the beef has been cooking for 1½ hours, take it out of the oven and baste with the juices.

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It all starts with the "casual" nature of the invitation: "No big deal, just throwing some things together, turn up whenever!" Translation: "I have been cooking for three hours, I have been to four shops miles apart to source rare ingredients.

"Every once in a while we'll get a request from somebody for the type of old New England clambake where you dig a huge hole on the beach and are on site cooking for eight hours," said Patty Sisselman, the owner with her husband, Bill, of Shore Catering in Brick Township.