âº a person who gets pleasure, sometimes sexual, by being cruel to or hurting another person. Thesaurus: synonyms and related words. Unpleasant people in general. a dog in the manger idiom. a nasty piece of work idiom. a tough/hard nut idiom. a wolf in sheep's clothing idiom. bad lot.
Bring the water to a boil. Place shredded cabbage or wedges into the steamer basket and place the basket in the pan of boiling water. Cover and cook shredded cabbage for 5 to 8 minutes and wedges for 10 to 12 minutes. Cook only until tender-crisp.
plunge the cabbage into a large quantity of ice cold water i keep adding more ice to it a good rule of thumb cool for the same amount of time as the blanch step for instance if you blanch cabbage for 1 5 minutes then cool in ice water for 1 5 to 2 minutes drain thoroughly