Word: roast
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...Sally Eilers again, even as a hungry widow; all the other players do all right, too, within the modest requirements of this kind of piece. The Cinecolor, as usual, is fine so long as the colors are low-keyed, but in open sunlight, all outdoors looks like a roast beef special...
From a tribe of cannibals whom he saw eating human flesh, Pretorius courteously asked and got the recipe: soak the body in hot water, scrape off the skin, stuff with plantains, cover with leaves and roast over night in a bed of coals. The lucky hunter who had made the kill "was entitled to the fingers and toes, which he cut off and ate raw." Pretorius once gave a tribe of pygmies a goat; they set to it by slicing tidbits from the live animal...
...cuts that I am glad to trim up for you for 57 to 69? a pound. They are just as tender, have as much flavor, and are actually leaner (after I have trimmed them), but your husband makes too much money for you to use them . . . A chuck roast can be cooked just as tender and is every bit as flavorful as a rump or loin tip, though it won't slice as pretty...
...Eastern European cocktails spill on the oriental rugs from glasses negligently tilted or moved in too hasty gesticulation. There are lavish loads on two great buffet tables: platters of sliced veal and chicken, salads in splendid variety, tidy piles of caviar. In the center of one table is a roast pig (with a tomato in its mouth) which is gradually dissected by Soviet officers as the gay evening advances...
Turkeys & Bonnets. Moving on to El Morocco, the party supped on roast beef and Baked Alaska. The conversation and the champagne began to slop over a little. Society Photographer Hal Phyfe, a fastidious gourmet and a dear friend of Betty's, fluttered anxiously in the background lest photographers take unseemly shots. Two guests, both past their prime, met in the ladies' lounge. One wore a vast feathered hat, the other a bonnet and velvet chin strap. Said Feathers to Bonnet: "What kind of get-up is that, you silly old turkey?" Retorted Bonnet: "Go roll your wheel chair...