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Use Rice Or Flour: The same method of concentrating ethylene gas to ripen fruits more quickly can be used in another way as well—burying fruit in uncooked rice or flour.—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 15 July 2025 Use pasteurized eggs when any preparing dishes that call for uncooked eggs.—Jenna Anderson, Health, 27 May 2025 Line a large baking pan with some of the set-aside, uncooked leaves, then top with small amount of the sauce mixture.—Barbara Ellis, Denver Post, 11 May 2025 While uncooked eggs usually last in the fridge for longer, the process of hard-cooking eggs creates a thin layer of water between the cooked egg and the shell, which becomes an inviting environment for bacteria to grow, including the kinds of bacteria that lead an egg to spoil, per the USDA.—Hannah Yasharoff, USA Today, 30 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for uncooked
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