| − | To moisten [[meat]] or other food while cooking. Melted butter or other fat, meat drippings, or liquid such as stock is spooned or brushed on food as it cooks to moisten it.<ref>[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]</ref>
| + | Basting is a process in which one moistens [[meat]] or other food while cooking. Melted butter or other fat, meat drippings, or liquid such as stock is spooned or brushed on food as it cooks to moisten it.<ref>[http://www.fsis.usda.gov/Help/A-Z_Index/index.asp USDA Index]</ref> |