Fromcook +-ing. The noun and adjective follow from the verb. The use of the wordcooking to describe cheap bitter was popularized by the title character of the BBC sitcomOh No, It’s Selwyn Froggitt (1974-1978). It refers tocooking sherry, a kind ofsherry used in cooking but not suitable for drinking on its own.
The men resided in a huge bunk house, which consisted of one room only, with a shack outside where thecooking was done. In the large room were a dozen bunks; half of them in a very dishevelled state, […]
Thecooking took a long time. Fionn built a spit from the ash that the salmon had knocked down.
2014, Vickie Vaclavik, Elizabeth W. Christian,Essentials of Food Science, page97:
Of nutritional benefit in cooking is ashort cooking time in aminimal amount of water orsteaming the vegetables. Yet, there are times when just the opposite, that islengthycooking, withplentiful water may be desirable to achieve mild taste–foods such as mild tasting cooked onions may benefit from lengthycooking and plentiful water.
(countable,rare) An instance of preparing food by using heat.
In the tiny kitchen a dozen men and a boy tried to hush their breathing, and sweltered. For it was very hot, and the pent-up odor of pastcookings was stifling to men used to the open
1992, R. S. Khare,The Eternal Food: Gastronomic Ideas and Experiences of Hindus and Buddhists, page194:
This culinary process is but the first in a series ofcookings, of which the intracorporealcookings constitute the rest.
2004, Michael Symons,A History of Cooks and Cooking, page95:
Historian Madeleine Pelner Cosman addresses the multiplecookings of single dishes in medieval recipes. Why would a veal stew require four changes of pot and five separatecookings?
Mycooking isn't very good. I don't have any idea how to prepare a good meal.
I missed my mum'scooking while I was at university.
2005, Diana Kirk,Sex, Lies and Rodeo Games, page67:
"I know hiscooking is bad, but[…]" She fluffed the pillows and placed them behind Suzanne's neck. "I thought Josh'scooking was much worse than Matt's, but I guess the bad-cook crown goes to the big guy."
2012, J. M. Waters,Grey Falcon, page14:
Hiscooking is good to mediocre and most of the time, simple and filling.
2013, Anna Bromley,Wild Animals and Wedding Outfits, page145:
Azie is a charming and attentive host. Hiscooking is excellent and the meals he prepares seem healthy and nutritious.
What you've produced is a perfect example of authentic Chinesecooking.
2001, Reiko Weston,Cooking the Japanese Way, page 9:
One of the most common styles of Japanesecooking is called nimono.
2007, Andrea Broomfield,Food and Cooking in Victorian England: A History, page 3:
No one, regardless of money and status, could work very successfully outside these variables, and as a result, people's diet andcooking were largely the same, although the rich could afford more food and more variety than could the poor.
2009, Pat Chapman,India Food and Cooking: The Ultimate Book on Indian Cuisine, page53:
Though sesame is a minor spice in Indian cooking, it is an important export crop there. It has a somewhat neutral, nutty taste and it is used to texture delicatecooking.
(uncountable) The cheapest available beer for sale in a public house.[1]
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The project took a few days to gain momentum, but by the end of the week, things were reallycooking.
(of an alcoholic drink) Cheap; better suited for use in recipes than drinking.
1885, Bacchus(pseud.),New guide for the hotel, bar, restaurant[&c.]. Pt. 1, by Bacchus & Cordon Bleu, page255:
Bone a shoulder of mutton and lay in the following pickle for 24 hours, viz.:…half pint ofcooking claret…and long peppers.
2001, Langston Hughes, Arnold Rampersad, Dolan Hubbard,The Collected Works of Langston Hughes: Gospel Plays, Opera, and Later Dramatic Works, page204:
JOHN JASPER: Mama says for you to come on upstairs and bring her a pint ofcooking sherry. BODIDDLY: You know your Mama ain’t gonna do nocooking this time of the night!
2008, Henry Smith,The Master Book of Soups, page188:
Add 1 pint ofcooking sherry and boil again for 30 minutes.
