| Mother chose boeuf bourguignon for her main course, which was full of flavour, despite the meat being a tad overcooked. |
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| The meal they served up takes the award as the worst meal I have ever been offered, cold, overcooked gristle. |
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| He answered all the questions that were put to him in his slow and dull manner, using readymade and overcooked phrases. |
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| My halibut was slightly overcooked and came with similarly overdone vegetables, making for an unmemorable experience. |
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| The rump steak was succulent and was served with creamy mash, although the overcooked ratatouille let the dish down. |
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| The black-eyed bean and broccoli curry is a mistake, with the broccoli irredeemably overcooked. |
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| Throw in a generous helping of parochial interests, and the result is an overcooked and unappetizing stew. |
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| The broccoli tended to fall apart and the snow peas overcooked too easily, so I left them out. |
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| But the salmon was overcooked, and the dish failed to sing, its aromatic filaments of kaffir lime leaf notwithstanding. |
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| This was sent back to the kitchen as the rare steak was overcooked and the sauce was burnt. |
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| English food isn't all about gristly roast beef, boiled potatoes, instant gravy and overcooked veg. |
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| Breakfast, they discovered, consisted of partially-risen popovers, overcooked scrambled eggs, and, mercifully, mounds of fresh fruit. |
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| The haddock was a bright white colour, but tasted a little tough, as if it had been overcooked a tad. |
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| We all tucked in to our dishes of fish, and although the salmon tandoori was probably a touch overcooked, the red snapper was glorious. |
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| And beside every platter of overcooked meat, she placed a golden loaf of seedless rye. |
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| The schmaltzy plot and overcooked acting made it hard to take the film very seriously. |
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| The other main course sampled was underseasoned and stringily overcooked braised beef with mushrooms and raisins. |
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| The tiger prawns were huge and not overdone and the potatoes and vegetables not overcooked. |
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| Another main course of seared Angus beef with its topping of slightly dry breadcrumbs and mushrooms was overcooked, unless you like beef grey. |
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| The accompanying vegetables, peas, carrots and broccoli disappointed a little because they seemed to be overcooked. |
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| Well-cooked fish tastes of life, whereas overcooked fish tastes of spiritless grey anti-matter. |
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| It was a homey little diner where the food might either be undercooked or overcooked, but thank the heavens it was real food. |
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| But don't forget that cheese must never be overcooked, simply melted to the perfect stage of molten, oozing goo. |
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| By the time the stuffing is fully cooked the turkey is overcooked by 60 degrees or so. |
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| The noodles were starchy and overcooked, so much so that in places they had welded together into a solid lump. |
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| There was usually a dish of overcooked pasta for those who insist on eating something they will easily recognise. |
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| The chick pea dish, in the opinion of our chick pea aficionado, was overcooked and the peas pulpy. |
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| One verb applies to mushy, gelatinous, overripe, and overcooked things, of which brains, bananas, and avocados might be examples. |
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| The soup is a vegetable broth that tastes eerily of chicken, with overcooked tomatoes, carrots, zucchini and celery. |
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| Crisp striped bass is beautiful if slightly overcooked, resplendent with a wash of romesco sauce. |
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| She said the problem with most creamed and casseroled vegetables is that they are overcooked by the time they get to the table. |
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| Most meats and fish were so overcooked that sauces and vegetables could not make up for the lack of moisture. |
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| If cooked frozen, the outside of the chicken would be overcooked before the meat close to the bone was cooked to that safe temperature. |
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| If it's a definite yes you're not going hard enough, if it's a no, you've overcooked it. |
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| The following procedures are based on heating the product to an internal temperature of 65-70ºC. The product must not be overcooked. |
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| But cold, overcooked servings of broccoli from our childhood still haunt us. |
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| While you can leave the food in the slow cooker, while it is still on, longer, the food will become overcooked. |
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| Folate is susceptible to destruction by excessive or prolonged heating, so overcooked foods may be low in folate. |
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| There is a simple slice of some kind of sausage with foie gras inside, a bit overcooked, with a touch of grated cheese, just melted, on top. |
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| Veal meat must be tasted medium cooked: neither rare nor pink and even less overcooked. |
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| I had hopes for the churrasco sandwich, one of the menu's innovations, but the thin beefsteak turned out to be tough, overcooked and surprisingly flavorless. |
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| We might have returned to our un-distinguished pre-war cuisine, or another writer might have rescued us from overcooked cabbage and stodgy puddings. |
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| The sausages were so overcooked they tasted like salami, while the mash was so heavily laden with mustard you could probably start your own bomb factory with it. |
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| And if I am reincarnated as a chef, I would hope I would make a better fist of the whole-wheat noodles, which were an overcooked, gelatinous mess. |
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| Our kids, who are not big pizza fans, loved the Hawaiian, partially because it was made with back bacon as opposed to ham, and partially because the crust wasn't overcooked. |
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| Characters are constantly glancing up from their oysters, or fretting about their steak being overcooked. |
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| Greg stabbed at a large, overcooked tiger shrimp with a fork. |
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| But it is also overcooked and frenetic, with some visual tricks and gimmicks repeated often enough to induce a diminishing return of novelty and effect. |
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| A restaurant in some unknown country, cheap wood-grain paneling on the wall and a sad-faced waitress who spoke only Italian as she delivered the overcooked food to the table. |
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| British fire brigades have reported fires started by Eccles cakes overcooked in microwave ovens. |
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| While the chicken fillet Barbados was slightly overcooked, the sauce with its hint of curry and peppers was really tasty. |
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| The holding time of hot food buffets can be shortened by display case lighting that radiates heat and radiation, which can cause hot buffet foods to dry out or become overcooked. |
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| Foods that contribute to a higher glycemic index include things such as instant oatmeal, overcooked pasta, white bread, and many types of potatoes. |
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| When exposed to regular display case lighting, meats, cheeses, and salads become dehydrated and discolored, while hot food displays also become overcooked. |
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| Pastas are generally low or medium GI, unless they are overcooked. |
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| Food products are overcooked or undercooked. |
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| Holding the Mac and cheese casserole at the temperature of 150 ºF is a safe temperature but three hours is a long time and the casserole may be overcooked. |
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| Some sovereign-wealth funds are undoubtedly murkier than others, but worries that state-run investors are investing for political gain are probably overcooked. |
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| Nice and crispy or is that just overcooked? |
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| The striking monkfish osso buco, a cross-section of fish wrapped with speck and seared, seems to be a popular choice, though ours arrived a bit overcooked and blandish. |
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| We also learned we overcooked it, undersalted the water and often used the wrong shape. |
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| Burgernomics hints that their currencies are a little overcooked. |
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| The runner overcooked it on the first lap, and ended up finishing last. |
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