sauce boat
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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The pleasure comes with a sauce boat of four melted cheeses, finished with pizza seasoning, for dipping.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023
Dover sole suffers the humiliation of a sauce boat of “Sicilian lemon condiment” that tastes like what would happen if you boiled lemonade concentrate.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2016
Serve it up with a sauce boat of melted butter, into which a teacupful of capers or nasturtiums have been stirred.
From The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) Cooking, Toilet and Household Recipes, Menus, Dinner-Giving, Table Etiquette, Care of the Sick, Health Suggestions, Facts Worth Knowing, Etc., Etc. The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home by Gillette, F. L. (Fanny Lemira)
Mix it by degrees with some good melted butter, and send it up in a sauce boat.
From The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, Adapted to the Use of Private Families by Eaton, Mary, fl. 1823-1849
She had brought in the fish plates, a sauce boat, and two toast racks, sir.
From Fire-Tongue by Rohmer, Sax
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