Thanks to several efforts — most notably the banning of DDT, which caused deadly
thinning of egg shells — the bald eagle was revived and, in 1995, officially removed from the endangered species list.
Not exact matches
Even when I added a trickle
of plain water (I was out
of egg white) to
thin the batter, the macarons made with this recipe had crisp, shiny, full
shells, lifted off
of the pan on nice even feet.
Other baking essestials in our line are a variety
of all butter pastry doughs and tart
shells, the
thin, crêpe - like Feuilles de Brick, Kataifi Dough, Strudel Leaves, Fruit Glaze, both French Saf and Fresh Yeast, Meringue and Malt Powder, Frozen
Egg Yolks and Whites, Transfer Sheets, Silicon Baking Mats, Parchment Paper and just about every other essential ingredient for the pastry kitchen.
Membranes are tough to separate from the
shell, and they are
thin — only about the width
of a human hair — so hundreds or thousands
of eggs are needed for most applications.
Compare that to the
thin weak
shells and pale yellow yolks
of most
eggs that you'll find at grocery stores or restaurants which came from factory raised hens.
Stool from infected cats can contain millions
of these,
thin -
shelled eggs.
Dog stool can contain millions
of these,
thin -
shelled eggs.
Eagles disappeared from the Channel Islands by the early 1960s likely due to the hundreds
of tons
of DDT waste products released into the ocean south
of Los Angeles that caused the birds to lay
thin -
shelled eggs.
Since the ban on DDT — an
egg -
shell thinning endocrine disruptor and pesticide — in 1972, the iconic bald eagle has battled it's way back from the brink
of extinction.
Yes, I miss the satisfying sound
of the
thin chocolate
shell breaking, and there is something extra tasty about chocolate in an
egg shape.