Topic: Eggs
-and Japan’s unique ways of using them
Word definitions
devilled eggs (n.): boiled eggs with their yolks mixed into a mayonnaise-based sauce
staple (n.): commonly eaten/used; the main ‘base’ food of a culture
cockfight (n.): a fight between two roosters (male chickens) for entertainment/gambling
prohibition (n.) not allowing something (usually by law)
elaborate (adj.): detailed or complicated in design/arrangement/planning
whisk (v.): mixing using a utensil made of several pieces of wire
take off (v.): increase in popularity or success
get cracking (idiom): start doing something
[one’s] thing (idiom): something one particularly enjoys
novel (adj.): new in an interesting/unusual way
yolk (n.): the central, orange part of an egg
savoury (adj.): not sweet; with a salty or spicy flavour
[be] set on (idiom): be determined to do/have something
set (adj.): (for liquids) become more firm or solid