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Acidulate

Acidulate \A*cid"u*late\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Acidulated; p. pr. & vb. n. Acidulating.] [Cf. F. aciduler. See Acidulous.] To make sour or acid in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat.
--Arbuthnot.

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acidulate

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To make something slightly, or moderately acid; to acidify 2 (context transitive English) To make sour in a moderate degree; to sour somewhat 3 (context transitive English) To use an acidic catalyst. The chemical change being emphasised over the importance of the change in ph. Used in the processing of biodiesel co-products.

WordNet
acidulate

v. make sour or more sour [syn: sour, acidify, acetify] [ant: sweeten]

Usage examples of "acidulate".

Cover with salted and acidulated water, bring to the boil, simmer for half an hour, drain, garnish with lemon and parsley, and serve with a parsley sauce.

Boil the fish in acidulated water according to directions previously given.

Boil medium-sized sea-bass in salted and acidulated water, drain, and marinate with salt, pepper, and vinegar.

Cook the roes for five minutes in salted and acidulated water, drain, cut in two, and arrange around the fish.

Clean and trim a large striped bass, cut two incisions across the back, tie in a circle, and boil slowly in salted and acidulated water for forty minutes.

Clean and trim a striped bass and simmer half an hour in salted and acidulated water to cover.

Sew up the fish in a cloth dredged with flour, and boil in salted and acidulated water.

Cover with salted and acidulated water, add a bunch of parsley, a sliced onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.

Boil the fish in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley to season.

Scale and clean two large kingfish, and boil in salted and acidulated water, with a bunch of parsley, a slice each of carrot and onion, and a pinch of powdered sweet herbs.

Prepare and clean the fish and simmer until done in salted and acidulated water.

Cook three or four large perch for twenty minutes with a bunch of parsley in salted and acidulated water.

Boil the fish with a bunch of parsley in salted and acidulated water to cover.

Boil a large fish in salted and acidulated water with a bunch of parsley.

Boil until tender in salted and acidulated water to cover and serve with Hollandaise Sauce.