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prairie oyster
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prairie oyster
n.
1. Slang A drink made from a whole raw egg yolk, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, salt, and pepper that is taken as a palliative for a hangover or as a cure for hiccups.
2. Chiefly Western U.S. The testis of a calf, cooked and served as food.
prairie oyster
n
1. (Cookery) a drink consisting of raw unbeaten egg, vinegar or Worcester sauce (Worcester oyster), salt, and pepper: a supposed cure for a hangover
2. (Cookery) the testicles of a bull calf cooked and eaten
Translations
prairie oyster n (Culin) → uovo all'ostrica
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