Marinade or Marinate?
What is the difference between marinade and marinate?
A marinade is sauce in which food is soaked before cooking.
To marinate is the corresponding verb. It means to soak food in a marinade.
(This distinction is blurring. The verb to marinade now features in many dictionaries.)
A marinade is sauce in which food is soaked before cooking.
To marinate is the corresponding verb. It means to soak food in a marinade.
(This distinction is blurring. The verb to marinade now features in many dictionaries.)
Marinade and Marinate
The words marinade and marinate are confused so often, the distinction between them is starting to blur.Marinade
The word marinade means a sauce in which food is soaked before cooking. For example:- A good marinade makes foods tastier, juicier, healthier, and more
tender.
- With a marinade, the combination of oil, acid and flavour protects foods from the heat of the grill.
- Marinade the meat for at least 24 hours before cooking. (We can't bring ourselves to give this a tick, but it is acceptable to use marinade as verb nowadays.)
Marinate
The word marinate is a verb which means to soak in marinade. For example:- We need to marinate the meat before tomorrow.
- Marinating is a great way to intensify the flavour of food with just a few basic
ingredients.
- He marinates...
- It was marinating...
- It was marinated...
Meat marinating in a marinade
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