Re: [Chicken-users] synonyms for "module" sought

[Peter Bex]

On Fri, Sep 07, 2007 at 01:03:28PM -0400, Graham Fawcett wrote:
> On 9/7/07, John Cowan <address@hidden> wrote:
> > I like the chicken-metaphor ones.
> 
> Me too.
> 
> Nest, egg-carton, coop, cage, hen-house, yard, barn,
> Feed-bag,
> Eggshell, albumen,
> Wing (Under the wing of the Great Chicken, all may find safety),
> Roasting-pan, casserole, crockpot (!),
> omelet, meringue, ...,
> Pillow (Some pillows are stuffed with chicken feathers: nice, soft
> modules to rest a head upon)
> ...

Wow, some of those are really taken to the extreme :)

How about 'yolk'?  It's what eggs are made of/what's inside eggs.

http://www.exploratorium.edu/cooking/eggs/eggcomposition.html
suggests some more obscure names of things that are inside eggs.

Peter
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