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Newguest Posted 9 years ago
Vocabulary

Loosen vegetables

Saute vegetables for 20 minutes. ... Drizzle broth into the pan to loosen the vegetables.

--- What does "loosen" mean in this recipe?

  

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Hi Newguest If you saute vegetables, they may cling together and start to stick together in lumps. If you add a little broth to the pan and give it a stir, that will spread the vegetables more evenly through the mixture and stop them sticking. In other words, that will loosen them up Regards, Dave

  • Hi Newguest If you saute vegetables, they may cling together and start to stick together in lumps.
  • If you add a little broth to the pan and give it a stir, that will spread the vegetables more evenly through the mixture and stop them sticking.
  • In other words, that will loosen them up Regards, Dave
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Hi Newguest

If you saute vegetables, they may cling together and start to stick together in lumps. If you add a little broth to the pan and give it a stir, that will spread the vegetables more evenly through the mixture and stop them sticking. In other words, that will loosen them up

Regards, Dave

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