If for some reason the temperature has dropped below the correct temperature on a few occasions, you could find some of your eggs only hatching on day 22, 23, or even on day 24 or 25. Whereas fertilized chicken eggs usually take exactly 21 days to hatch, most duck eggs take 28 days, apart from Muscovy ducks. As a general rule of thumb, the eggs of Muscovy ducks take 35 days, but once again, it can vary slightly depending on conditions.
croquette (krÉÊËkÉt; krÉ-) n (Cookery) a savoury cake of minced meat, fish, etc, fried in breadcrumbs [C18: from French, from croquer to crunch, of imitative origin] croâ¢quette (kroÊËkÉt) n. a small cake or ball of minced meat, fish, vegetable, or other food coated with egg and breadcrumbs and deep-fried.
A modern croquembouche is a cone-shaped tower of cream puffs. Some people like to say âprofiterolesâ, but that word makes me think of chocolate sauce. Also the brilliantly acted but gruesome 1989 cult film The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover. Where are my %@#^$# profiteroles!!! I shiver just thinking about it. Croquembouche means âcrunch in the mouthâ, an apt description for what happens when you bite into a piece, as the âglueâ that holds the tower together is candy cooked nearly to the caramel stage. Croquembouche is traditionally served as a centerpiece for a wedding or baptism party, and is often decorated with almonds.