Word: roasts
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...partial solution to the mystery emerged from a weekend conference between Associate Sanitation Inspector Edward W. Moore, and Dr. Shih Lu Change, assistant professor of Sanitary Biology. They held the milk and gravy, rather than the roast beef, as responsible the illness...
...definitely not the roast beef," Chang declared. "I think the difficulty stemmed from the milk or gravy served...
With mock horror, Shaw recalls the dreadful results of Darwinism. Having once rejected the fundamentalist notion that "the universe is the work of a grotesque tribal idol described in the book of Numbers as God, who resolves to destroy the human race, but is placated by the smell of roast meat," the Darwinians decided that "the 39 articles were reduced to absurdity . . . Hell was abolished. Jehovah was exposed as an impostor whose real name was Jarvey . . . Talk of emptying the baby out with the bath! . . . Herod's massacre of the innocents was a joke in comparison...
Inflation. In Los Angeles, Butcher Edward Renert pleaded guilty to upping the weight of a roast 3¼ ounces by aiming the breeze of an electric fan at his meat scale...
...Chuck roast is our weekend standby. We brown it slowly in an old-fashioned iron Dutch oven or heavy aluminum roaster. Bacon drippings, onions, celery tops, bay leaves, parsley, salt & pepper add flavor. When the meat is browned on both sides I add a little water, cover tightly, and let it barely simmer on top of the stove for about three hours, occasionally adding a little more water. Potatoes, carrots and celery are steamed on top of the roast during the last hour and a half . . . Roast and vegetables [make] a Sunday dinner for at least four people...