Sentences with phrase «did test the water»

Knowing that the room price may be negotiable, how do you test the waters?

Another broker owner had addressed the exact topic at a general board meeting only a few weeks prior; I surely did test the water.

Not exact matches

«They feel good enough about themselves that they don't have to be always testing the waters.

Transmitted through both soil and water, F. oxysporum can lay dormant in the soil for up to 30 years, and it's virtually impossible for growers to know their crops have it without rigorous testing (which doesn't exist).

«We recently had a test for E. coli in our water, and it didn't pass, and then maintenance came on and hit a couple buttons and it passed.

Our cattle seem to have breeding problems, but I can't say it's strictly due to my water changing without tests being done.»

Cahsens figured he would test the waters by spending three months doing an intensive circuit of more than a dozen shows.

Those who are just «testing the waters» don't want to empty their wallets for your product.

When roasters test their beans, they do so using local water, so you can at least assume that locally - roasted coffee is optimized for the chemistry of your water.

«The first thing I would do is test the waters,» Rivers says.

A settlement means that we're going to not chance it to the jury to make a decision, we agree to disagree on whether anyone did anything wrong but we're making a practical business decision, we're going to pay this much to be done with this case and not test the waters.

Don't let another year go by without testing the inventor's waters.

I have a feeling most do not test this water, but many will be surprised at how they adjust.

We need to find out, and the only way to do that is by regularly testing the water quality in B.C. schools.

The newly - proposed course description for â $ ˜Financial Economicsâ $ ™, still contained among its contents the â $ ˜testing the efficiency of markets.â $ ™ When I objected to this, given the financial meltdown that we had just witnessed and the irrefutable evidence that this theory did not hold water, I was told that the theory of efficient financial markets still had to be tested to decide of its real - world relevance.

Whose water did they test?

That analogy is interesting, but really doesn't hold water when one puts it tot the test.

With that in mind, you don't need to fall in or even slowly test the waters; you can have the confidence to dive right in.

It is the human endeavor to apply the tests of coherence and comprehensiveness in drawing conclusions about the veracity of certain phenomena — that, for example, axheads do not float on water and the sun does not stand still, that conceptions are not immaculate, that corpses do not rise from graves.

However, you are doing one of a thousand acts that test the waters of compatibility.

For example, would you take a pill (or support legislation to put it in our water supply) that does away with sexual desire and then have all reproduction occur by «test tubes» or cloning?

The Catholic Church did of course have scientific tests to prove a woman was a witch: You see, witches burn because they are made of wood, which floats in water like a duck, so if she weighs the same as a duck on the church's superaccurate scales that don't move at all, then she is a witch!

The testing of a wife's fidelity by making her drink a concoction of water and dirt, with the premise that if she didn't get sick, she was not guilty.

When our water was tested, scientists said they have never seen anything like it because the pH level doesn't drop like it does in most waters.

If you make this without a candy thermometer (which I totally did — score one for patience) you can use the water test.

The first thing that I needed to do before cooking in it was a water test.

Make sure you test the mixture with each addition of water so you don't add too much — you want a firm dough that just sticks together upon squeezing.

Mix, do the 10 second test, then if it's still too thick, add a few more drops of water, repeat, etc..

Not that I intended to but, during one of my cooking tests, I did not add enough water in the pot while reheating food and, before I knew it, the food was scorched.

If you find that they're too runny, you can do two things: 1) squeeze the zucchini shreds with some paper towels to remove any excess water or 2) what it says in the post: «Test the consistency by trying to form into a ball, about 1/2 the size of a baseball.

Yeah, I am not sure how much water either since I did not test it that way.

Secondly, coconut sugar loves to burn — it doesn't handle like normal sugar — and I found that you have to throw out the regular sugar cooking temperatures and opt for the cold water testing method to get them right.

And like a fool I didn't do a taste test and added another bouillon cube (because I only used 1/2 of one, which according to the package is equivalent to 1 cup of chicken broth, I subbed water for the rest).

And while it feels incredibly safe and familiar to have stayed in the same area, sometimes I do wonder what it would be like to test the waters in a different place.

If it doesn't, continue boiling for a minute and repeat the water test until it forms a soft ball.

This last test does not apply to thinner starters, starters where you are using more water (or less flour) to feed them.

I just did water test.

To cook cover with water by a few inches, bring to a boil and then simmer until done (60 - 90 min for me usually but you'll have to test as you go).

If the edges crack, add water to the dough, a tablespoon at a time, until a test piece does not crack.

Add the butter and cream (be careful as the mixture will sizzle and spatter) and continue to cook until the caramel temperature reaches between 250 ° and 260 ° on an instant - read thermometer (this is soft ball stage; if you don't have a thermometer, you can test the caramel by dropping a very small amount into a cup of ice water.

I don't believe the water test would work with this starter.

Test to see if barley is done to your liking; if still too firm, stir in 1/2 cup water and cook until absorbed.

I don't think that oat would work (at least not the same proportions); you might have to do some testing to find the right flour: water ratio.

WELL i am till trying, ordered in a good stand mixer, use the paddle beater use 9 × 5 pan got a new oven thermometer to make sure oven calibrated right, thermometer to test doneness of bread proofed the dough no more then 20 minutes left bread in oven turned off for awhileafter testing over 200 before getting out bread still didnot raise as high as yours did but it was above pan tested water heat for yeast etc and bread still fell, i have tried this several times and am abt at my rids end what i could be doing wrong

You should do a recipe for it, it might convince me to test the apple waters P.S. Made the donuts today and I love them!!

I think it's unnecessary to cook it to 300 — I went to about 260 - 270 (about 5 minutes, right about at a soft crack on my thermometer, although I didn't test it in water) and it has a nice caramel taste, and snaps apart easily.

Do the water test on the candy.

When we received our first shipment of the frozen organic coconut water and coconut meat, our priorities were to do further testing and sampling to make certain this frozen process did not effect the quality of the coconut water and coconut meat.

Don't be surprised is Oshae tests the waters as well.

don't think and test the water with a ten million pound bid on this guy with add ons, he will be one of the best keepers of his generation tall, amazing reflexes, has alot of work ahead of him but under the right mentor Cech he will be a gem of a player.