1A drink made with a raw egg and seasoning, drunk as a cure for a hangover.
醒酒生鸡蛋
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Finally, there are eggs - another favourite ‘cure’ be it in the form of a fried breakfast, omelettes or a ‘prairie oyster’, a drink containing an egg yolk.
2prairie oystersNorth American The testicles of a calf cooked and served as food.
〈主北美〉小牛睾丸(菜肴名)
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Sandy from Calgary (visited during the Stampede) has the balls to suggest a quick stop at a certain café for a feed of prairie oysters (bull testicles).
Calgary can offer steak rounded out with prairie oysters and washed down with a red-eye, but old New Orleans can rustle up a much bigger spread of crawfish, jambalaya and ribs.
Hank's knee caught Mustache straight in his prairie oysters and he made a sound like a steam kettle saying the letter ‘n’ before dropping heavily on Hank's chest.
If the environmental accord were a bull, you would be feasting on barbecued prairie oysters.
Cross-referenced and linked, with plenty of supplemental and anecdotal information, Ray includes everything from the process of getting prairie oysters (it takes balls) to recipes for traditional Mexican insect dishes.
Definition of prairie oyster in US English:
prairie oyster
nounˈprerē ˈoistərˈprɛri ˈɔɪstər
1A drink made with a raw egg and seasoning, drunk as a cure for a hangover.
醒酒生鸡蛋
Example sentencesExamples
Finally, there are eggs - another favourite ‘cure’ be it in the form of a fried breakfast, omelettes or a ‘prairie oyster’, a drink containing an egg yolk.
2prairie oystersNorth American The testicles of a calf cooked and served as food.
〈主北美〉小牛睾丸(菜肴名)
Example sentencesExamples
Sandy from Calgary (visited during the Stampede) has the balls to suggest a quick stop at a certain café for a feed of prairie oysters (bull testicles).
Hank's knee caught Mustache straight in his prairie oysters and he made a sound like a steam kettle saying the letter ‘n’ before dropping heavily on Hank's chest.
Calgary can offer steak rounded out with prairie oysters and washed down with a red-eye, but old New Orleans can rustle up a much bigger spread of crawfish, jambalaya and ribs.
Cross-referenced and linked, with plenty of supplemental and anecdotal information, Ray includes everything from the process of getting prairie oysters (it takes balls) to recipes for traditional Mexican insect dishes.
If the environmental accord were a bull, you would be feasting on barbecued prairie oysters.