His stewing over the fight kept him awake most of the night. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used without object) : He stewed about his chaotic state of affairs all day. From Dictionary.com.
Here is the headline ‘Cruel’ FOX cartoon has Palin stewing. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Texas State Climatologist disputes his own state’s climate-denier petition.] Reference
The long, slow cooking at a temperature lower than boiling point, which is known as stewing or simmering, should be applied. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 3: Soup; Meat; Poultry and Game; Fish and Shell Fish] Reference
Methods of cooking usually applied to oysters, such as stewing and boiling, may not destroy all bacteria. From Wordnik.com. [School and Home Cooking] Reference
Book said he had been "stewing" over the decision for some time. From Wordnik.com. [Cincinnati Local News Headlines | WCPO.com] Reference
Her fuzzy ex-boyfriend, Justin Bobby, must be home stewing. From Wordnik.com. [Roger Catlin: Bristol Palin and The Situation Debut on Dancing with the Stars] Reference
The children soon had a fire crackling and the fowl stewing. From Wordnik.com. [Some Three Hundred Years Ago] Reference
Put it in a stewing pan or deep dish, with some strong Broth, large. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Cut up chicken and cook in water as for stewing, seasoning to taste. From Wordnik.com. [The Suffrage Cook Book] Reference
It is grown largely for marketing, and is excellent for soups and stewing. From Wordnik.com. [The Field and Garden Vegetables of America Containing Full Descriptions of Nearly Eleven Hundred Species and Varietes; With Directions for Propagation, Culture and Use.] Reference
Prunes that are too dry to eat without stewing, can be made into good pies. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
When baked without stewing, put to each layer of fruit a thick layer of sugar. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
In the kettle outside, chunks of the moose were stewing under a now brisk fire. From Wordnik.com. [On the Edge of the Arctic or, An Aeroplane in Snowland] Reference
The apples should be strained after stewing, and seasoned with cinnamon or nutmeg. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
You can bank on fretting and stewing over the hot cook stove to decrease your milk. From Wordnik.com. [The Mother and Her Child] Reference
Very large long clams are good taken out of the shells without stewing, and broiled. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
If the peaches are not mellow, they will require stewing before being made into a pie. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
But stewing about the unfairness of it all is a huge emotional drain, says Kirshenbaum. From Wordnik.com. [Top 10 Office Energy Drains] Reference
Put in a little salt, and shake them occasionally while stewing, to prevent their burning. From Wordnik.com. [The American Housewife Containing the Most Valuable and Original Receipts in all the Various Branches of Cookery; and Written in a Minute and Methodical Manner] Reference
A couple of weeks later I moved out to Phoenix for a job, and I spent the entire fall stewing. From Wordnik.com. [Coming Home] Reference
On this she is now boiling potatoes, stewing some chicken-broth, heating a kettle of water, and has. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Work in the Civil War A Record of Heroism, Patriotism, and Patience] Reference
He writes that he is in a foul mood after the performance, stewing over the behavior of his ex-wife. From Wordnik.com. [Evidence Of Guilt?] Reference
The recipe for opening a successful restaurant generally does not call for stewing in federal court. From Wordnik.com. [After debt and legal issues, Roberto Donna starts from scratch with Galileo III] Reference
In one hand she held the shin-bone of a giant, which she used to stir the herbs stewing in the caldron. From Wordnik.com. [Roumanian Fairy Tales] Reference
Add a little flour, water, salt, pepper and a little sugar, stewing together till the water is evaporated. From Wordnik.com. [The Cookery Blue Book] Reference
But behind the scenes, in remarkable post-decision moments previously unreported, the justices were stewing. From Wordnik.com. [The 'Accidental President'] Reference
After a week of stewing and insomnia, Denise had returned to the store and asked to speak to the manager. From Wordnik.com. [Mars] Reference
Cut a young stewing chicken into serving pieces, bring to a boil and simmer for 2½ hours, adding water as needed. From Wordnik.com. [Pennsylvania Dutch Cooking] Reference
By principles of cooking I mean the simple rules by which roasting, boiling, stewing, etc., are successfully accomplished. From Wordnik.com. [Choice Cookery] Reference
A good sauce for tamales is made by stewing tomatoes with a little onion and green pepper, straining and highly seasoning. From Wordnik.com. [The Khaki Kook Book A Collection of a Hundred Cheap and Practical Recipes Mostly from Hindustan] Reference
RICE AND FIG PUDDING may be made according to the preceding recipe, steaming or stewing the figs a little and chopping slightly. From Wordnik.com. [The Golden Age Cook Book] Reference
In Britain, food retailer Sainsbury's reports sales of budget items like stewing meat (the cheapest cut) tripling in just a year. From Wordnik.com. [Tight-Fisted Is Back In Style] Reference
"Yes, and I'll bet you've been figuring on letting us go all the while we were stewing about it," cried Peace, the irrepressible. From Wordnik.com. [The Lilac Lady] Reference
Take beef pallets that are tender boi'd and blanched, cut each pallet in two pieces, and set them a stewing between two dishes with. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
Chop a Loin into steaks, lay it in a deep dish or stewing pan, and put to it half a pint of Claret or White-Wine, as much water, some. From Wordnik.com. [The accomplisht cook or, The art & mystery of cookery] Reference
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