Baste vs. Braise — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Baste and Braise
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Baste
Baste, also known as Basta, is a village in the Palghar district of Maharashtra, India. It is located in the Vikramgad taluka.
Braise
To cook (meat or vegetables) by browning in fat, then simmering in a small quantity of liquid in a covered container.
Baste
To sew loosely with large running stitches so as to hold together temporarily.
Braise
Alternative spelling of braze
Baste
To moisten (meat, for example) periodically with a liquid, such as melted butter or a sauce, especially while cooking.
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Braise
A dish (usually meat) prepared by braising.
Pot roast is typically a braise, as is osso buco.
Baste
To beat vigorously; thrash
Basted the attacker with a club.
Braise
A sauce used for braising.
Braised cabbage is cooked in a braise of sliced bacon, one or two thickly sliced onions, one or two sliced carrots, parsley, thyme, a bay leaf, and stock to nearly cover.
Baste
To scold; berate.
Braise
Pagellus bogaraveo, syn. Pagellus centrodontus (sea bream)
Baste
To sew with long or loose stitches, as for temporary use, or in preparation for gathering the fabric.
Braise
(cooking) To cook in a small amount of liquid, in a covered pan, somewhere between steaming and boiling.
Baste
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
Braise
Alternative spelling of braze{{gloss}}
Baste
(by extension) To coat over something.
Braise
A European marine fish (Pagrus vulgaris) allied to the American scup; the becker. The name is sometimes applied to the related species.
Baste
To mark (sheep, etc.) with tar.
Braise
Charcoal powder; breeze.
Baste
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
Braise
Braised meat.
Baste
A basting; a sprinkling of drippings etc. in cooking.
Braise
To stew or broil in a covered kettle or pan.
A braising kettle has a deep cover which holds coals; consequently the cooking is done from above, as well as below.
Baste
To beat with a stick; to cudgel.
One man was basted by the keeper for carrying some people over on his back through the waters.
Braise
Cook in liquid;
Braise beef
Baste
To sprinkle flour and salt and drip butter or fat on, as on meat in roasting.
Baste
To mark with tar, as sheep.
Baste
To sew loosely, or with long stitches; - usually, that the work may be held in position until sewed more firmly.
Baste
Loose temporary stitches
Baste
Cover with liquid before cooking;
Baste a roast
Baste
Strike violently and repeatedly;
She clobbered the man who tried to attack her
Baste
Sew together loosely, with large stitches;
Baste a hem
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