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  • noun Plural form of dripping.

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  • noun fat that exudes from meat and drips off while it is being roasted or fried

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Examples

  • Saute onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic in drippings in skillet; add rice, squirrel, potatoes, seasonings, and enough liquid to cook rice and potatoes.

    what to do after you kill a squirrel? 2010

  • Slice onion, separate into rings and saute in drippings; remove from pan and set aside ...

    Venison Liver and Onions!!! 2009

  • Saute onion, green pepper, celery, and garlic in drippings in skillet; add rice, squirrel, potatoes, seasonings, and enough liquid to cook rice and potatoes.

    what to do after you kill a squirrel? 2010

  • Answer: Originating in the Yorkshire region in the north of England, the pudding was originally made in the fat drippings from a roast beef and then served with gravy as part of the roast beef dinner.

    Archive 2007-01-01 Steve Carper 2007

  • Answer: Originating in the Yorkshire region in the north of England, the pudding was originally made in the fat drippings from a roast beef and then served with gravy as part of the roast beef dinner.

    Soy Milk for Dairy Free Yorkshire Pudding Steve Carper 2007

  • I don't have drippings from the CFS since I deep fry instead of pan fry mine, but the flavor from Owens extra hot sausage with a little extra sage, black pepper and salt makes for a great gravy.

    Cream of the gravy crop | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • The pan drippings from the turkey itself were used to make the gravy.

    A badly burnt bird, but great giblet gravy | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2007

  • And the bowel drippings from the night before, squirted over the lilac bush where little Cathy is playing, might not come in contact with her skin or mucous membranes.

    Archive 2007-06-01 2007

  • I think developing a sauce would be a mighty fine idea, especially if there were some way to catch the drippings from the grill and incorporate those.

    ‘Que, Part the Second 2005

  • A little later, when her glance passed to the roof of the mill there was no perceptible change in her expression; and she observed dispassionately that the shingles which caught the drippings from the sycamore were beginning to rot.

    The Miller of Old Church 1911

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