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Chafing dish   /tʃˈeɪfɪŋ dɪʃ/   Listen
noun
Chafing  n.  The act of rubbing, or wearing by friction; making by rubbing.
Chafing dish, a dish or vessel for cooking on the table, or for keeping food warm, either by coals, by a lamp, or by hot water; a portable grate for coals.
Chafing gear (Naut.), any material used to protect sails, rigging, or the like, at points where they are exposed to friction.






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"Chafing dish" Quotes from Famous Books



... small boiled lobster into small pieces, pour over them four tablespoonfuls of lemon juice, add salt and pepper, and mix well. Melt 2 tablespoonfuls of butter in the chafing dish, add the lobster and ...
— 365 Luncheon Dishes - A Luncheon Dish for Every Day in the Year • Anonymous

... pillar?' and she answered, 'It is in such a place.' 'And what manner of thing may the talisman be?' said I: said she, 'It is in the semblance of a vulture[FN244] and upon it is a writing which I cannot read. So go thou thither and seize it, and set it before thee and, taking a chafing dish, throw into it a little musk, whereupon there will arise a smoke which will draw the Ifrits to thee, and they will all present themselves before thee, nor shall one be absent; also they shall be subject to thy ...
— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 4 • Richard F. Burton

... with your hands, then roul it up peice by peice, put it upon the spit, roasting it an hour and half, and if it grow dry, baste it with a little sweet Butter, the sauce is Verjuyce or Clarret-Wine with the Gravy of the Meat and Sugar, take a whole Onyon and stew it on a Chafing Dish of coales, and when it tastes of the Onyon, pour the liquor from it on the meat, setting it a while on the ...
— The Compleat Cook • Anonymous, given as "W. M."

... a dish that can be made in a chafing dish is desired, Welsh rarebit is immediately thought of. This is possibly due to the fact that this tasty cheese dish is very often served at evening parties, when a crowd may gather around a table and enjoy the preparation of ...
— Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 2 - Volume 2: Milk, Butter and Cheese; Eggs; Vegetables • Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences



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