ladyfinger

ladyfinger

1. A sponge cake that has been piped into approximate length and shape of a finger. His tiramisu features fresh homemade ladyfingers drenched in coffee liqueur.
2. The edible pods of the okra plant. Primarily heard in US. I always hated okra as a kid because we only ever ate it out of a can, but once I tasted a fresh ladyfinger, I thought it was delicious!
3. A small, thin firecracker, several of which are typically strung together to explode in rapid succession. Primarily heard in US. They let the kids set off ladyfingers in the driveway, while the adults and older kids set off heavier duty fireworks across the street.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

ladyfinger

n. a marijuana cigarette. (Drugs.) Sam knows how to roll a ladyfinger.
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
See also:
  • sponge up
  • sponge from
  • sponge from (someone or something)
  • sponge out
  • a piece of cake
  • have a rough idea about (something)
  • have a rough idea of (something)
  • give (one) a rough idea (about something)
  • in round figures
  • in round figures/numbers
References in periodicals archive
Dip the ladyfingers into the Cafe Racer beer and bourbon liquid, flipping them once to cover both sides.
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Place a 71/2 inch (19 cm) diameter ladyfinger disc in an 8 inch
Chapter 17: Classic and modern cake assembly
Founder (state) Founder and country germplasm Description or country A237 Minnesota 13 x Reid Yellow Dent Minnesota, USA population ABCOMP Pioneer Composite A x Pioneer Iowa, USA Composite B AFLF Argentinean Flint x Ladyfinger Popcorn Argentina/USA ALBRTFLINT Alberta Flint population Alberta, Canada ARGMAIZARM Argentinean Maiz Amargo population, Argentina via USDA BH940 Public inbred 940 Illinois, USA BLACKSDCO Cross of two Reid Yellow Dent strains USA (one was Iodent) (Gerdes et al., 1993) BOONECOWH Boone County White; White Mastodon USA (Gerdes et al., 1993) BR2USDA Northern Leaf Blight resistance source USA from USDA (J.
Changes in pedigree backgrounds of pioneer brand maize hybrids widely grown from 1930 to 1999
To assemble, place the ladyfinger cookies on a parchment-lined sheet pan and pipe some white chocolate mousse onto each.
Hands together teeth apart
Wazir Ali Burfat, one of the participant ASPs sharing his experiences said that drip irrigation system is one of the best and successful irrigation modern systems for vegetables especially for tomatoes and ladyfinger. 'Due to the shortage of water, the situation of Manjhand of Jamshoro district has become worst than that of Thar', said Raza Mohammad, another participants of meeting while sharing his experiences adding that the government should take notice for the water shortage in the area.
USPCAS-W organises ASPs meeting on agriculture
Yield: 24 sandwiches TIRAMISU IN TEACUPS 2 (3-ounce) packages ladyfingers (12 whole ladyfingers per package) 1 cup brewed Caramel Vanilla Cream Coffee; divided 1 teaspoon brown sugar 7 teaspoon vanilla 2 (8-ounce) packages cream cheese 1/4 cup sugar 4 (3.25-ounce) prepared vanilla pudding cups 16 ounces whipped topping For garnish: additional whipped topping powdered cocoa, and 12 fresh rose petals Place 2 ladyfinger halves in each of 12 coffee cups.
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MAKES 6 GLASSES INGREDIENTS: | 200ml strong espresso coffee, lukewarm | 60ml dry Marsala | 250g mascarpone cheese | 60g icing sugar | 1 sachet (7.5g) vanilla sugar | 200ml single cream, well chilled | 24 ladyfinger biscuits or savoiardi | 100g good dark chocolate, grated, or 2tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder METHOD 1 Pour the coffee into a shallow bowl and add 20ml of the Marsala.
make it QUICK TIRAMISU
SERVES 8-10 20 minutes prep time; 2 hours refrigeration time INGREDIENTS 6 egg yolks 140g demerara sugar 500g mascarpone cheese 250g ladyfinger biscuits or 30-40 Savoiardi 300ml strong espresso coffee, lukewarm 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa powder
Tiramisu times two; A double take on our favourite Italian pud: one for when you want to be proper, and one for when you want to be swift
Tomato prices have been increased from Rs 60 to 100 per kg, onion from Rs 20 to 40 per kg, potato from Rs 35 to 50 per kg, while the price of green peas has risen from Rs 90 to 130, that of brinjal from Rs 20 to 40 and ladyfinger from Rs 45 to 60 per kg.
Floods result in increased prices of fruits, vegetables across city
Choose from 15 specialty varieties, including hull-free popcorn, organic popcorn and ladyfinger hulless microwave popcorn, as well as a variety of popcorn seasonings.
Pop until you drop
These culinary artistes grate semisweet chocolate by hand, soak ladyfinger cakes in dark roast coffee.
Jervings per carton: 4. if nobody's looking: 1
At fair price shops, rates of subsidized items are as follows: potato Rs12 per kg, onion Rs13 per kg, tomato Rs21 per kg, ladyfinger Rs107 per kg, bitter gourd Rs59 per kg, masoor whole Rs77 per kg, gram white Rs92 per kg, basin Rs96 per kg and rice new Rs106 per kg.
Fruit, vegetable prices go up by 40 percent
Naveed Ashraf Gondal, a progressive farmer, said 15 local farmers had established their tunnel farms growing seasonal and non-seasonal crops, including water melon, strawberry, different vegetables like ladyfinger, pumpkin, green chilies, tomatoes.
Tunnel farming growing in Bajwat
Bitter gourd was being sold at Rs 75 per kg while ladyfinger was at Rs 1,200 to 1,400 per kg.
Vegetable prices reduced in the markets