How to Use fingerling in a Sentence

fingerling

noun
  • The wings, baked on a bed of fingerling potatoes, emerged well bronzed and fragrant.
    — David Tanis, New York Times, 25 May 2018
  • Most of those should reach the fingerling stage and will then be stocked into other lakes across the state.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 29 Jan. 2026
  • Eggs are hatched in sheds, netted into fingerling tanks and then moved to outdoor ponds.
    — John Bordsen, chicagotribune.com, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Baby red potatoes or fingerling potatoes would work just as well.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 1 Jan. 2026
  • Crab cake with brussels sprouts, corn, tomatoes, fingerlings and mustard cream.
    — Gwen Ashley Walters, azcentral, 15 June 2018
  • This method works well with nearly all small potatoes — from little red potatoes to fingerlings.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, chicagotribune.com, 5 June 2018
  • This method works well with nearly all small potatoes – from little red potatoes to fingerlings.
    — Jeanmarie Brownson, charlotteobserver, 26 June 2018
  • Red Bliss, Yukon Gold, and fingerling potatoes all work well here.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Dec. 2025
  • At dinner, the chef prepared my fish simply, pan-fried and served atop peas and fingerling potatoes.
    — Kim Cross, Travel + Leisure, 10 Mar. 2026
  • The dish comes with asparagus and fingerling potatoes.
    — Imelda García, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Magic Molly is a purple fingerling but can grow quite large to over 6 inches in length.
    — Jennifer Rude Klett, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2019
  • These were not just fingerlings, but catchable Arctic char — some more than 20 inches.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The grayed jade leather dress and hat were designed by Ilona, with custom leather fingerling gloves by Zana Bayne.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 30 Jan. 2026
  • New potatoes, red potatoes and fingerlings are all considered waxy potatoes.
    — Josie Goodrich, USA TODAY, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Look for fingerlings that are approximately the same size, or cut them into pieces that are about equal, to ensure even cooking.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 17 Dec. 2024
  • The fish are released as fingerlings to the sea and are offspring of brood stocks originally derived from wild salmon stocks near each hatchery.
    — Laine Welch, Anchorage Daily News, 20 Mar. 2018
  • In the spring of 2022, the commission stocked largemouth bass fingerlings.
    — Bryan Hendricks, Arkansas Online, 18 June 2023
  • The chicken entree, a Frenched chicken breast arrayed with fingerlings and arugula, could have been roasted more to crisp the skin up.
    — Rand Richards Cooper, courant.com, 10 July 2019
  • The goal is to have all bass used to produce fry and fingerlings for stocking across the state be progeny of ShareLunker fish.
    — Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
  • On a large rimmed baking sheet, toss the fingerling potatoes with 1 tablespoon oil and 1/4 teaspoon salt.
    — The Good Housekeeping Test Kitchen, Good Housekeeping, 10 Mar. 2016
  • Slice the potatoes while still warm, cutting them crosswise into ½-inch sections (if using small fingerling potatoes leave them whole).
    — ExpressNews.com, 7 June 2019
  • That thought led them to their current design, which is about the size and shape of a fingerling potato with an indentation that hooks onto the package.
    — Alex Davies, WIRED, 11 July 2018
  • Here, a generous serving with broccolini and fingerlings hit the spot.
    — Marc Bona, cleveland.com, 8 June 2017
  • The judges also like Dan’s red curry boil, slaw with coconut milk, herbs, and peanuts, and his fingerling potatoes with duck fat and shirodashi oil.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 22 May 2024
  • Rather than a large Russet tomato, opt for smaller potatoes such as fingerlings, baby potatoes, or new potatoes.
    — Heather Riske, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Waxy potatoes like red potatoes or fingerlings won't offer the same velvety consistency.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Other dishes — gnocchi bound with farm cheese, flat iron steak with fingerling potatoes — fall in the merely pleasant category.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 7 Aug. 2019
  • The eggs were sent to hatcheries around the Mediterranean, where biologists will commence raising them from egg to larva to fingerling.
    — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 22 July 2009
  • For eating on their own, pick small and waxy potatoes like fingerlings or baby Yukon Golds, which are creamy and smooth as opposed to starchy and floury like russets.
    — Ali Slagle, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Yukon Golds, butterball, new potatoes, and fingerlings are all terrific options.
    — Karla Walsh, Better Homes & Gardens, 3 July 2026

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