to taste

idiom

: in an amount that results in the taste that one wants

—used in recipes to indicate how much salt, pepper, etc., should be added to food

Salt the stew to taste.

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But currently, while Scotch whisky is considered a premium product, Indian whisky drinkers rarely get to taste it. —

Oliver Court, Forbes, 9 Dec. 2024 Serves 8 1/2 cup diced onion 1/2 cup diced celery Blended oil 1/2 pound sausage 4 cups day-old bread Your favorite recipe for chicken/turkey stock Salt and pepper to taste Sauté the onion and celery a bit of blended oil until translucent. —

Kathryn Gregory, The Courier-Journal, 9 Dec. 2024 Unlike most restaurants with encyclopedic wine lists, Grill 23 actually moved the juice, and opportunities to taste rare and notable vintages were frequent. —

Josh Condon, Robb Report, 8 Dec. 2024 Our crew lingered past the point of fullness to taste more vintages that Ramos doesn’t sell to the public, like a Moscatel pét-nat. —

Megan Lloyd, Travel + Leisure, 7 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for to taste