duck sauce
noun
: a thick sauce in Chinese cuisine that contains fruits (such as plums or apricots), vinegar, sweeteners, and seasonings
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Glenn Hirsch was accused of murdering Yan in a months-long feud with Great Wall Restaurant in Forest Hills over whether enough duck sauce was included with his delivery orders.
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
Rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic add a bite that balances beautifully with sweet chili, plum, or duck sauce.
—Su-Jit Lin, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
Kai Yang, owner of Great Wall on Queens Boulevard, previously told The Post that a bizarre dispute late last year over whether Hirsch should get more duck sauce sparked a series of increasingly disturbing encounters with the suspect, leading up to the slaying of his employee.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
The alleged attacks began in November after Hirsch asked for extra duck sauce with his order — a request restaurant staff honored at the time, according to the charges.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 June 2022
Mayor Adams has no beef with the NYPD’s month-long wait to make an arrest in the cold-blooded slaying of a hard-working Chinese food delivery man that stemmed from a dispute about duck sauce.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
Think of its final viscosity as about like duck sauce or Thai sweet chili sauce.
—NBC News, 5 Sep. 2019
Where the seething racial strife between poor folks erupted into arguments about miscounted change, missing duck sauce packets, or murmured epithets.
—Shakirah Simley, Longreads, 5 Oct. 2017
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Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 3 July 2024
Rice vinegar, soy sauce, ginger, and garlic add a bite that balances beautifully with sweet chili, plum, or duck sauce.
—Su-Jit Lin, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
Kai Yang, owner of Great Wall on Queens Boulevard, previously told The Post that a bizarre dispute late last year over whether Hirsch should get more duck sauce sparked a series of increasingly disturbing encounters with the suspect, leading up to the slaying of his employee.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
The alleged attacks began in November after Hirsch asked for extra duck sauce with his order — a request restaurant staff honored at the time, according to the charges.
—Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 14 June 2022
Mayor Adams has no beef with the NYPD’s month-long wait to make an arrest in the cold-blooded slaying of a hard-working Chinese food delivery man that stemmed from a dispute about duck sauce.
—Fox News, 5 June 2022
Think of its final viscosity as about like duck sauce or Thai sweet chili sauce.
—NBC News, 5 Sep. 2019
Where the seething racial strife between poor folks erupted into arguments about miscounted change, missing duck sauce packets, or murmured epithets.
—Shakirah Simley, Longreads, 5 Oct. 2017
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“Duck sauce.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/duck%20sauce. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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