What is another word for simmering?

Pronunciation: [sˈɪməɹɪŋ] (IPA)

Simmering is a cooking technique that involves keeping liquids at a temperature just below boiling point. Various synonyms can be used to describe this gentle and sustained cooking process. Some of the most common synonyms for simmering include bubbling, stewing, poaching, steaming, simmer-down, and simmer-away. Bubbling is a term that describes the formation of small bubbles on the surface of the liquid. Stewing involves cooking food slowly in a covered pot with a small amount of liquid. Poaching refers to simmering food in a liquid like water or broth. Steaming is a method of cooking food by placing it in a basket over boiling water. Simmer-down and Simmer-away can be used to describe calming down or reducing the heat respectively.

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Usage examples for Simmering

If the food is cooked in water by boiling or simmering, much of the substance will pass into the cooking water.
"Ontario Teachers' Manuals: Household Management"
Ministry of Education
They were going to Italy, and as Mrs. Kenton had had enough of the sea in coming to Europe, they were going to Italy by the only all-rail route then existing,-from Paris to Vienna, and so down through the simmering to Trieste and Venice.
"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"
William D. Howells
For though Sally, as we have seen, had taken him into her confidence the day after her mother's wedding-and, indeed, had talked over the matter many times with him since-the actual truth was far too strange to suggest itself offhand, as it would have been doing had the doctor connected the fact that Sally's mother went out to India to be married with this meeting of two lovers at a simmering railway-station, name not known.
"Somehow Good"
William de Morgan

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