Meaning of tomato-saucey | Babel Free

Definitions

Adjective. [C1]

Examples

“For a glorious garnish, mate the tomato-saucey chops with broiled tomatoes.”

“For palates educated on tomato-saucey southern Italian cuisine, Casagrande’s will be a revelation.”

“The lasagna was the favorite this visit — a thick, tomato-saucey square oozing melted cheese and bits of sausage.”

“Try these linguini dishes for something different! There’s nothing tomato-saucey about them.”

“I also worked at a place for awhile^([sic]) with a big wood oven and _made_ pizzas n' calzones and such. I don't hate it, but the standard doughy, tomato-saucey, rubbery cheese thing just doesn't do it for me anymore.”

“I don’t have much to say about the huge steak and cheddar cheese quesadilla called a “Buenos ’Dilla” or the tomato-saucey tortilla soup. They are neither bad nor good.”

“The original recipe called for: / 1 (32-ounce) can diced tomatoes / 1 (14-ounce) can crushed tomatoes / But I used 3 diced Roma tomatoes instead. I didn't want it too tomato-saucey.”

“My husband, my 4-year-old daughter, Lucy, and I had decided to try a new pizza place in the neighborhood as a way of beginning to relax into our weekend. And in the middle of her first slice, Lucy looked up at me, grinned a tomato-saucey grin, gestured to Jim, and said out of the blue, “That’s the man I love!””

“Something tomato-saucey was cooking downstairs, but I didn’t see Rebecca Rose or anyone else.”

“She taught me that a cup of olive oil needs to be sacrificed in the name of the tender, melt-in-your-mouth eggplant that goes into this crusty, cheesy, tomato-saucey baked pasta dish.”

“But, just at that moment, Barney slaps me hard across the face with his tomato-saucey little hand. I wipe the sauce off, look him square in the eye, and say, ‘No, Mrs D. Big boy not a liar.[…]’”

“Regulo’s mom’s recipe, it’s potent and citrusy and so different from the usual dark red tomato-saucey salsa and tricolor chips that one might typically see in such applications.”

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