The act of binding seems to express the ambivalence of motherly love – cosseting and tender on the one hand, stifling and possessive on the other.
Chunks of crispy on-the-outside tender on-the-inside golden brown local potatoes suffused with enough garlic flavor to cure any cold.
2. Bake until tender on the edges, about 15 minutes.
Lightly breaded calamari rings were crusty on the outside, tender on the inside, and pleasantly salty.
The fried calamari was hot, crisp and well seasoned, and tender on the inside.
Grilled baby octopus with black olives and celery was too tender on the outside, not tender enough on the inside and phlegmatic through and through.
They may also be tender on the undersurface of the patella and over the medial and lateral retinaculum.
But even though it's crunchy as a corn flake outside, it's still tender on the inside.
"No matter how varied you think your technique is, you always end up taking something flabby and making it crunchy on the outside, tender on the inside.
The braised short ribs struck me as bland, and they were dry on my first visit (though tender on the second).
