flaky

Speech parts

1. flaky - Adjective

2. flaky - Adjective Satellite

Meaning

Consisting of flakes or of small, loose masses; lying, or cleaving off, in flakes or layers; flakelike.

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Cooking is revelation and creation; and a woman can find special satisfaction in a successful cake or a flaky pastry, for not every one can do it: one must have the gift. Simone de Beauvoir

Statistics are to baseball what a flaky crust is to Mom's apple pie. Harry Reasoner

Mom and I...we're both very flaky people. Frances Bean Cobain

I grill almost all of my fish with the skin on because that gives you real protection at least on one side. It's a nice barrier against super high heat which tends to make a lot of fish to turn really flaky. It's very easy to overcook fish on the grill. But I still brush it with oil before I start. Alton Brown

I certainly have gotten caught up in the music business at various times in my life, mostly because you want to get along with whatever record company you're dealing with. I don't want to be flaky. I don't want to be some temperamental, hard-to-work-with musician. Black Francis

My favorite way to cook trout is whole, bone-in, on the grill. The fish are stuffed with sliced lemons and herb sprigs, brushed with oil, and cooked over fairly hot coals until the skin is crisp and the flesh is moist and flaky. Go ahead and gild the lily by adding a sauce. Tom Douglas

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