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Dry boiling?

What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that the heat burns the food?

I do not just mean that the food is boiled more than it needs to be.

I mean the food burns because the pot is dry.
~Iain
  

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[nq:1]What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that ... food is boiled more than it needs to be. I mean the food burns because the pot is dry.

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  • [nq:1]What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that ...
  • food is boiled more than it needs to be.
  • I mean the food burns because the pot is dry.
  • ~Iain[/nq] "Boiled dry".
  • Chris R
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[nq:1]What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that ... food is boiled more than it needs to be. I mean the food burns because the pot is dry. ~Iain[/nq]
"Boiled dry".
Chris R
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[nq:1]What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that ... the food is boiled more than it needs to be. I mean the food burns because the pot is dry.[/nq]
I'd say that it's "boiled dry" in that case. Or just "burned", or "scorched".
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[nq:1]What is the word of phrase that means that all the water in a cooking- pot has evaporated so that ... food is boiled more than it needs to be. I mean the food burns because the pot is dry. ~Iain[/nq]
I usually just say burned or scorched, .
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