"Underdone" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... with again!" she sighed. "And I thought all German men were so heavy, and paid elaborate, underdone compliments. Still, your secret, sir, please? That is what I want ...
— The Zeppelin's Passenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... "because when you do begin to scold you never stop, and it takes away your appetite. Dinners were meant to be late—it's the nature of such meals. No dinner that is ready at the appointed time can be good; it must be underdone." ...
— Shifting Winds - A Tough Yarn • R.M. Ballantyne
... it that what characterized our relationship was an atmosphere of taking everything for granted. The given proposition was, that we were all "good people." We took for granted that we all liked beef underdone but not too underdone; that both men preferred a good liqueur brandy after lunch; that both women drank a very light Rhine wine qualified with Fachingen water—that sort of thing. It was also taken for granted that we were both sufficiently well off to afford anything that we could ...
— The Good Soldier • Ford Madox Ford
... is preferred by some people a little underdone. Very large joints if slightly underdone, will make the better hash or broil. Lamb, pork, and veal are uneatable if not thoroughly boiled—but these meats should not be overdone. A trivet, a fish-drainer, or an American contrivance called a "spider"—which is nothing ...
— Enquire Within Upon Everything - The Great Victorian Domestic Standby • Anonymous
... some thin slices of beef that is underdone, with some of the fat; put it into a small stewpan, with a little onion or shalot, a little water, pepper and salt. Add some of the gravy, a spoonful of vinegar, and of walnut ketchup: if shalot vinegar be used, there ...
— The Cook and Housekeeper's Complete and Universal Dictionary; Including a System of Modern Cookery, in all Its Various Branches, • Mary Eaton
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