bastes
Sews without permanence
Bastes is the third-person singular of baste, which has two distinct meanings.
In cooking, to baste is to pour liquid—melted fat, pan drippings, or marinade—over meat while roasting to keep it moist: She bastes the turkey every thirty minutes.
Separately, to baste is to sew with long, loose stitches meant to hold fabric temporarily before final stitching.
roasting
Cooking with dry heat
oven · gravy · poultry · meat · browning · glaze · butter · pan · juices · chicken
tacking
Angled sailing maneuver
seam · temporary · stitch · pin · garment · quilting · fitting · pattern · hemming · tailor
cooking moisture method
bastesdries out
Loses liquid content
dries · dehydrates · parches · desiccates · sears
- basting brushTool for spreading liquids
- basting spoonUtensil for moistening roasts
- butter bastingSpooning melted fat repeatedly