"Peeling" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... breakfast in silence. He bent over his plate so that his face was almost invisible. Mr. Fentolin was peeling a peach. A servant ...
— The Vanished Messenger • E. Phillips Oppenheim
... chestnuts, 1/2 lb. of sugar, 1 teacupful of water, vanilla to taste. Boil the chestnuts in plenty of water until tender, but not too soft, that they may not break in peeling. Peel them; simmer the sugar and the teacupful of water for 10 minutes, then add the chestnuts. Allow all to cook gently until the syrup browns, add vanilla and remove the chestnuts from the fire; when sufficiently cool, turn the whole into ...
— The Allinson Vegetarian Cookery Book • Thomas R. Allinson
... half without peeling. Place them in baking dish. Put in a piece of butter on each, and dust with salt and pepper. Put in oven and cook until tender. Have ready squares of toasted bread. On each place a half tomato and pour around ...
— Stevenson Memorial Cook Book • Various
... tangle of rocks and bushes, General Feraud and his seconds discovered General D'Hubert engaged in peeling the orange. They stood still waiting till he looked up. Then the seconds raised their hats, and General Feraud, putting his hands behind his back, walked aside ...
— The Point Of Honor - A Military Tale • Joseph Conrad
... I deliberately, peeling my pear, 'you told me to-day that something might be said even for such a man as your ...
— Corporal Sam and Other Stories • A. T. Quiller-Couch
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