Some of them were positively silly, she thought; she was ashamed of them—so ashamed that she smuggled them down to the cook-house stove and burned them, much to Aunt Elizabeth's annoyance when she came to prepare dinner and found the fire-box all choked up with charred paper.
The greater part of it was charred to pieces, but one little slip, the end of a page, hung together, and the writing could still be read, though it was grey on a black ground.
Charred meat Ever look at the black char on your barbequed steak and wonder how that could possibly be healthy?
It's a new flavor in itself made from the "charred and processed remains of a coconut shell.
The second substance is formed when the meat's juice and fat catches flame and those flames stick to the meat, giving it its charred or grilled appearance.
He pointed to the crumbled, charred remains of a tiny village.
It warned that "charred doesn't mean cooked", that meat should be steaming hot throughout - not pink - and any juices should run clear.
He tamped the charred fire-laced logs into embers, opened the damper fully, and closed the brass fireplace screen.
When the sun rose again and everything looked as refreshed as if it had had a quiet sleep, there only remained of the farmhouse a few black charred beams leaning against the chimney, which was now its own master.
All around lay a wide dead plain, covered with faded brown heath, and black charred spaces between the white sand hills.
