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Vivid experiences of eating or delivering thin congee as wartime or famine food often feature in diaries and chronicles. [7] In some cultures, congee is eaten primarily as a breakfast food or late supper; some may also eat it as a substitute for rice at other meals. It is often considered suitable for the sick as a mild, easily digestible food. [8]
Humans eat thousands of plant species; there may be as many as 75,000 edible species of angiosperms, of which perhaps 7,000 are often eaten. [57] Plants can be processed into breads, pasta, cereals, juices and jams or raw ingredients such as sugar, herbs, spices and oils can be extracted. [ 36 ]
Below is an alphabetical list of widely used and repeated proverbial phrases. If known, their origins are noted. A proverbial phrase or expression is a type of conventional saying similar to a proverb and transmitted by oral tradition.
Eating positions vary according to the different regions of the world, as culture influences the way people eat their meals. For example, most of the Middle Eastern countries, eating while sitting on the floor is most common, and it is believed to be healthier than eating while sitting at a table. [14] [15]
Eating crow is a colloquial idiom, [1] used in some English-speaking countries, that means humiliation by admitting having been proven wrong after taking a strong position. [2] The crow is a carrion-eater that is presumably repulsive to eat in the same way that being proven wrong might be emotionally hard to swallow. [2]
In 1806, Webster published his first dictionary, A Compendious Dictionary of the English Language. In 1807 Webster started two decades of intensive work to expand his publication into a fully comprehensive dictionary, An American Dictionary of the English Language. To help him trace the etymology of words, Webster learned 26 languages.
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e.a.t., et aliis titulis (Latin for and other titles) East Africa Time; Export Address Table, a dynamic-link library term for its structure of descriptors; Emergency Action Termination, a discontinued “and unused” code that would have been used to end Emergency Action Notification alerts from the Emergency Alert System.