half-pint
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In 1868's "Eggs, and How to Use Them," chef Adolphe Meyer describes two main ways to coagulate those classes of matter such that they can be considered fried: the "French method," wherein an egg is submerged in a half pint of hot fat, and the "second method," where eggs are broken into a hot frying pan with an ounce of fat.
From Salon
When Jemison began producing local artists such as Half Pint and Black Crucial, Dixon accompanied him to the Channel One recording studio where he observed engineer Anthony “Soljie” Hamilton at work.
From The Guardian
They also have Idles’ anger at inequality in society – two of their number work with a social enterprise to help vulnerable young people make music – and raggedly brilliant tunes such as Half Pint Fatherhood will get circle pits instantly opening up.
From The Guardian
His first can was a half pint of Heineken - and the oldest can in the collection dates from 1936.
From BBC
“Would you be horrified if I ordered a half pint of Guinness with blackcurrant?”
From Washington Post
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