See oil-down on Wiktionary
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"ref": "2011, Ken Albala, Food Cultures of the World Encyclopedia",
"text": "When finished and all ingredients are cooked but not mushy, serve in calabash bowls (or ceramic bowls) and eat with a spoon.The pepper can now be removed from the muslin cloth and mashed, and a little can be placed on the oil-down for those who can tolerate the pepper.",
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"ref": "2017, Paul Crask, Grenada: Carriacou and Petite Martinique, page 175",
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"ref": "2011, Ike Heckler Jr, Drag Racing 201: Racing in the New Economy, page 53",
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"ref": "2016 -, Scotty Gosson -, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 92",
"text": "So it came to pass that National Challenge 1974 was conducted at Gil Kohn's New York National Speedway and was an unconditional disaster, doomed by rain, high ticket prices, no traction, lengthy oil-downs, botched lane assignments, numerous pit fights, charges of slander, threatened officials, surly track personnel, and a general lack of communication, all of which prompted the spectacle of Garlits' public resignation from his presidency and leaving the facility in mid-event.",
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},
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"text": "When finished and all ingredients are cooked but not mushy, serve in calabash bowls (or ceramic bowls) and eat with a spoon.The pepper can now be removed from the muslin cloth and mashed, and a little can be placed on the oil-down for those who can tolerate the pepper.",
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},
{
"ref": "2011, Ike Heckler Jr, Drag Racing 201: Racing in the New Economy, page 53",
"text": "It was a little hotter and there were more oil-downs so that kept us pretty busy and we were very tired by the end of Saturday's activities.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"ref": "2015 January 28, Anne Proffit, “NHRA alters oil-down rules”, in Motorsport",
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},
{
"ref": "2016 -, Scotty Gosson -, Lost Drag Strips II: More Ghosts of Quarter-Miles Past, page 92",
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