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  • Yesterday we made delicious butter from extra-thick Jersey cream.

    Portrait in Blue, by Gabriel Nicolet, 1856-1921 2009

  • Speaking of the topping, this is not the kind of cake that has an extra-thick layer of crumb topping.

    Chocolate Chip Coffee Cake | Baking Bites 2009

  • He searches for extra-thick skins that allow him to make a deeper carve without breaking through to the center.

    The Picasso of Pumpkin Carving Ellen Gamerman 2011

  • There are solar panels to generate electricity, extra-thick walls to keep the temperature even, and renewable products used wherever possible.

    The Best of Friends Susan Mallery 2010

  • (‘Anodized’ aluminum has been treated with acid and electricity to force it to grow an extra-thick layer of rust, because the more you have on the surface, the stronger and more scratch-resistant it is.)

    Rusting Aluminum « Isegoria 2008

  • Like many kids heading far from home to school, my daughter Melanie pre-ordered what she thought she wanted -- from plastic storage bins to an extra-thick mattress pad for her extra-long twin dorm bed -- at a store near our home.

    Eileen Ogintz: The Long Goodbye -- Taking the Kids to College 2010

  • To compensate for the tablet's paucity of storage capacity, Jobs assured his audience that each iHood will come complete with an extra-thick rubber band that can be used to secure a portable CD player and library card, thereby giving the device multi-media capabilities comparable to that of the more powerful iPad models found in Apple retail stores.

    Brock Cohen: Apple to Roll Out .5G iHood for Underprivileged Southland Youth (Satire) 2010

  • I chose the thins figuring they should also not go stale too fast (they have a shortbread/meltaway base), and I chose the chocolate chip cookies because I think many homesick Americans want chocolate chip cookies -- I know I do -- and I hoped that the giant, extra-thick bakery style would help them to not get too stale.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Laura 2008

  • I took a sip and it was like an extra-thick cocoa — somewhere between chocolate milk and porridge — spiced with cinnamon, vanilla and the burnt sweetness of piloncillo, a unrefined Mexican brown sugar.

    Christmas and a cup of champurrado | Homesick Texan Homesick Texan 2008

  • I took a sip and it was like an extra-thick cocoa — somewhere between chocolate milk and porridge — spiced with cinnamon, vanilla and the burnt sweetness of piloncillo, a unrefined Mexican brown sugar.

    Archive 2008-12-01 Homesick Texan 2008

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