noun
definition
The yellow, spherical part of an egg that is surrounded by the white albumen, and serves as nutriment for the growing young.
definition
The grease in a sheep's fleece.
Examples of yolk in a Sentence
If the egg yolk is not convex and firm, don't consume the egg.
In a mixing bowl, beat together the dissolved corn flour, egg, egg yolk and salt.
The first and last cells that migrate from the yolk.
Does the human fetus temporarily develop gills, a tail, and a yolk sac?
Brush the pastry case with the egg yolk mixture to glaze the pastry.
All the nutrients required for embryo development are already present within the fertilized egg, stored in the form of yolk protein molecules.
Add the sugar and salt to the yolk and mix well.
Nevertheless, instances were adduced where the most careful heating of yolk of egg, milk, hay-infusions, &c., had failed, - the boiled infusions, &c., turning putrid and swarming with bacteria after a few hours.
Expansion of the extra-embryonic coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity allows the yolk sac and allantois to expand into the coelom cavity from the gut of the embryo.
Melt 40g (1½oz) reduced fat margarine with 75g (2¾oz) dark chocolate, cool slightly then beat in an egg yolk.
Take too long to boil an egg and you'll be making mayonnaise instead of enjoying runny yolk soldiers.
Foods that contain vitamin D include oily fish, egg yolk, live yogurt.
The young larvae, nourished by the yolk xIx.
In water, their center of mass was ventral to the muscles in the yolk mass.
Is yolk sac size in hatching fishes a good indicator of how long a fish can survive without food?
Yolk sac tumor was characterized by a range of expression, which mirrored its morphologic variation.
Often young birds acquire the infections from the hen or through navel or yolk sac infections.
Separate the egg, beating both the yolk and white separately.
This recipe originally called for an egg yolk.
Many people skip the yolk and just eat the egg whites, which are healthier.
Crack an egg carefully into a bowl and scoop away the egg yolk.
You will not need the egg yolk for this application so set it aside for use later.
By replacing it with one tablespoon of ground flax seed whipped with a quarter cup of boiling water you remove all the fat from the egg yolk.
Separate the egg yolk from the egg white, and set aside in two bowls.
Another nice choice is the illusion neckline that consists of a satin band that connects to the gown with a sheer yolk, giving the illusion that the bride is wearing a choker necklace.
Crack two eggs on their head and be sure that the yolk breaks for maximum effect.
A diet free of phytanic acid (found in dairy products, tuna, cod, haddock, lamb, stewed beef, white bread, white rice, boiled potatoes, and egg yolk) can reduce some of the symptoms.
The CDC estimates that one of every 50 consumers is exposed to a contaminated egg yolk each year, although thorough cooking kills the bacteria, making the food harmless.
To make vitamin D, cholesterol, a substance widely distributed in animal tissues, the yolk of eggs, and various oils and fats, is necessary.
Use a piping bag or a zip top bag with one corner cut off to pipe the yolk mixture back into the yolk space in the egg white.
When hard-boiled eggs are overcooked, the yolks develop a green tinge around the yolk, which in turn will give your egg salad a green tint.
Thirty minutes before serving the eggnog, stir the milk into the chilled yolk mixture.
Gently fold the egg white mixture into the egg yolk mixture.
You can make eggs easier on your diet by separating out the yolk and cooking with egg whites only.
Try egg substitutes or egg products in which the yolk has been removed.
Slowly add one egg yolk at a time, and beat until the mixture is smooth and creamy.
Make traditional deviled eggs, but add red food coloring to the yolk mixture.
Fill the hard boiled egg white back up with the yolk mixture and then place a small black olive in the center.
Leave the yolk on your acne for 20 to 30 minutes, then wash it away.
Within the yolk the nuclei of some "yolk cells" can be distinguished.
The germ band evidently marks the ventral aspect of the developing insect, whose body must be completed by the extension of the embryo so as to enclose the yolk dorsally.
Wheeler, the amnion is ruptured and turned back from covering the germ band, enclosing the yolk dorsally and becoming finally absorbed, as the ectoderm of the germ band itself spreads to form the dorsal wall.
In some midges and in caddis-flies the serosa becomes ruptured and absorbed, while the germ band, still clothed with the amnion, grows around the yolk.
In moths and certain saw-flies there is no rupture of the membranes; the Russian zoologists Tichomirov and Kovalevsky have described the growth of both amnion and embryonic ectoderm around the yolk, the embryo being thus completely enclosed until hatching time by both amnion and serosa.
Other phosphoglobulins are vitelline, found in the yolk of hens eggs, and ichthulin, found in the eggs of fish.
Coincidently, to allow of fertilization and the escape of excess of yolk, and of spermatozoa, other accessory ducts open at this point.
The fertilized ova, provided with yolk and a shell, are next transferred to the "uterus" along which they travel to the exterior.
From the oviduct a long duct full of yolk passes backwards almost to the hinder end of the body and ends blindly in a globular dilatation just below the skin.
F intestine and so gets rid of the excess of yolk.
In most Ectoprocta, however, the development takes place internally or in an ovicell, and a considerable quantity of yolk is present.