destem
Americanverb (used with object)
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There’s a surprising amount he can accomplish in the kitchen: wash vegetables, destem mushrooms, crack eggs, knead dough, consume enormous quantities of said dough.
From Slate ● Mar. 1, 2012
The methods were traditional, too—the fruit was picked by hand, destemmed with a bamboo implement called a zaranda, then fermented in clay pots.
From The New Yorker ● Nov. 18, 2019
About 25 members crammed in to drink wine from previous years and inspect this fall’s grapes before they were destemmed for the fermentation and bottling process.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
His grandfather used a hand press and destemmed manually.
From New York Times ● Nov. 2, 2015
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