Word: mocha
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...great adversary was Mr. Big himself, the whale. The real Mocha Dick (who inspired Melville's Moby) was a white rogue whale. His record: "Fourteen whaleboats smashed, 30 men killed, and victory in more than a hundred watery battles." One story has it that a Swedish whaler captured Mocha in 1859. "He was old and worn out from his countless battles, and he was beyond struggling when the lance finally gouged into his lungs . . . When the Swedes got his carcass alongside, they found he was blind in his right eye and had 19 harpoon points corroding his leathery hide...
...omelette, 6) a double order of French fries, 7) four pieces of toast, 8) a double portion of strawberry shortcake, 9) one slice of chocolate layer cake, 10) one piece of cheesecake, 11) one pear tart, 12) one cheese sandwich, 13) one egg salad sandwich, 14) two portions of mocha nut cake, 15) a dessert of cottage cheese and peaches covered with sour cream, then refused cream & sugar with her coffee because "they're fattening...