"Skim off" Quotes from Famous Books
 ... and a beautiful transparent bluish tint; but in order to get cream from it in the most economical way, a peculiar process was necessary. Now he believed that the habit of the ancients was to collect several milkings in a teacup, pour it into the Great Tun, fill up with water, and then skim off the cream from time to time as the needs of the German ...
— Innocents abroad • Mark Twain
... with boiling water, let boil five minutes and—if very briny—drain, rinse off scum with hot water and again cover with boiling water; heat to boiling point and simmer until meat is tender (about six hours). Remove beef from liquor, keep covered in a warm place. Skim off some of the fat from liquor. Add carrots washed, scraped and cut in quarters. Let cook fifteen minutes, then add small white onions and turnips pared and cut in quarters, one head white cabbage cut in quarters (stalk cut out). ...
— Fifty-Two Sunday Dinners - A Book of Recipes • Elizabeth O. Hiller
... set it aside to cool. Then skim off all the fat and warm it up and use. One pound of lean meat will produce a quart of ...
— Maintaining Health • R. L. Alsaker |
