marinate
[mar-uh-neyt]
- to steep (food) in a marinade.
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Origin of marinate
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Contemporary Examples
Marinate flank steak in garlic, Italian seasoning, paprika, oil, salt and pepper.
Epic Meal Empire’s Meat Monstrosities: From the Bacon Spider to the CinnabattleshipHarley Morenstein
July 26, 2014
Allows you to marinate in minutes rather than hours--the vacuum pulls open the muscle fibers to let the marinade in.
It has some nice features: a wet/dry setting, and a marinate setting, which I use a lot.
You marinate a cherry in cheap whiskey long enough, the stink attaches.
Add the chicken, turn to coat, cover and marinate, refrigerated, for four hours up to overnight.
Historical Examples
If fish is split for stuffing, marinate the inside of the fish too.
Friendship Club Cook BookThe Friendship Club of Madison WI
Marinate them, or else dredge with salt and pepper, and dip into butter.
The Century Cook BookMary Ronald
Marinate cold, cooked, stringless beans with French Dressing.
Fifty-Two Sunday DinnersElizabeth O. Hiller
Mix apples and dates and marinate them with French Dressing.
Fifty-Two Sunday DinnersElizabeth O. Hiller
Marinate, to salt or pickle, and then preserve in oil or vinegar.
The Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Knight OpenedKenelm Digby
marinate
- to soak in marinade
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Word Origin
C17: probably from Italian marinato, from marinare to pickle, ultimately from Latin marīnus marine
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Word Origin and History for marinate
v.
1640s, from French mariner "to pickle in (sea) brine," from Old French marin (adj.) "of the sea," from Latin marinus (see marine (adj.)). Related: Marinated; marinating.
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