Word: yolk
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...eggs -- souffles, quiche, omelettes, desserts. She knew they would run out of meat and would have to turn to eggs somewhere on the crossing, and the trick was to keep the eggs from rotting. First, she learned, turn the eggs once a week (it takes one week for the yolk to drop to the bottom, touching the shell and commencing to rot). Second, coat them with vaseline (to clog the porous shell and keep moisture and oxygen away from the yolk). For good measure, they had taken two live chickens. Michel promised them, "If you lay one egg, I will...
...caviars, chimney-smoked lobster, roast quail with savoy cabbage and kasha, wild mushroom tarts and such knockout desserts as macadamia nut tarts, lemon curd mousse and chocolate bread pudding. It would be a pity to cook by this book, thereby soiling pages with dabs of butter and egg yolk. Better photocopy recipes and keep the book on the coffee table, where it belongs...
...help of two consultants, Rothenberg rewrote the entire medical- pediatric section of the book, bringing it up-to-date with new findings since the last revision in 1976. One such change: eggs are no longer recommended for infants under nine months of age because the iron in the yolk is poorly absorbed by babies and may interfere with the absorption of iron from other foods. The co-authors added and expanded sections on the role of fathers in childbirth, breast-feeding for working mothers, and child abuse and neglect. Spock, a ban-the-bomb advocate since 1962, included a personal...
...total calories to just 30%. Saturated fat-the type found mainly in meat and dairy products-should constitute no more than 10% of a person's daily diet, the panel said. The suggested regimen would limit cholesterol consumption to 250 to 300 mg a day (one large egg yolk contains...
...suffered brain damage as a result of blows. A punch thrown by a heavyweight can land with a force exceeding 1,000 Ibs., and it can snap the head back or twist it violently, causing the jelly-like brain to be slammed against the rigid skull like a yolk inside a raw egg. When this happens, nerve cells and blood vessels may be twisted, ruptured or stretched. The brain, like any other damaged tissue, can swell, causing it to press against the inside of the skull, resulting in further damage...