lightly-boiled

Updated: May 1, 2025

Salt, of course, must with the unsalted meat be eaten. But suppose there is nothing on the table that a child may with impunity eat? He should then have either a grilled mutton chop, or a lightly-boiled egg; indeed, the latter, at any time, makes an excellent change.

Pye Henry Chavasse - Advice to a Mother on the Management of Her Children

"The doctor says I mustn't have anything more solid than a lightly-boiled shoe-lace the last thing at night." "After all, there's always the dinghy," said Archie. "If we put in a tin of corned beef and a compass and a keg of gunpowder, somebody might easily row in and post the letters. Personally, as captain, I must stick to my ship." "There's another way I've just thought of," I said.

A. A. (Alan Alexander) Milne - The Holiday Round

Raw and lightly-boiled eggs are easy of digestion, but hard-boiled ones decidedly not so. An egg loses its freshness within a day or so. The shell is porous; and the always-feeding and destroying oxygen of the air quickly gains admission, causing a gradual decomposition. To preserve them, they must be coated with lard or gum, or packed in either salt or oats, points down.

Helen Campbell - The Easiest Way in Housekeeping and Cooking: Adapted to Domestic Use or Study in Classes