[3790] in Humor
HUMOR: Broken Egg Math
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Charles E Leiserson Jr)
Sat Oct 19 00:44:53 2002
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To: humor@MIT.EDU
Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2002 00:44:47 -0400
From: Charles E Leiserson Jr <locutus@MIT.EDU>
>From the latest mini-AIR (Annals of Improbable Research).
>
> -jat42
2002-10-09 Broken Egg Math
Investigator Ron Josephson alerted us to the following
mathematics-related dispatch, which appeared in the October 11,
2002 issue of "The Salt Lake Tribune":
The menu at the Coffee Garden at 900 East and 900 South in
Salt Lake City has included a scrumptious selection of quiche for
about 10 years.
The recipe calls for four fresh eggs for each quiche.
A Salt Lake County Health Department inspector paid a visit
recently and pointed out that research by the Food and Drug
Administration indicates that one in four eggs carries salmonella
bacterium, so restaurants should never use more than three eggs
when preparing quiche.
The manager on duty wondered aloud if simply throwing out
three eggs from each dozen and using the remaining nine in four-
egg-quiches would serve the same purpose.
The inspector wasn't sure, but she said she would research it.
