In the 16th century, before the term mandarin became widespread in the European languages, the word Loutea (with various spelling variations) was often used in Europeans' travel reports to refer to Chinese scholar-officials.
Why do some people get smelly gas after eating eggs? I really love eggs, but I get really bad, sulfurous and rotten egg-smelling gas after eating eggs. This doesn't happen when I eat foods which contain eggs in moderate amounts (cakes, etc), but it does happen when I eat hard-boiled eggs or fried eggs. I don't get any stomach cramps or any other symptoms of allergy, however.
1 Gas may be produced as a by-product of digestion of certain foods, or when foods are not digested completely. 2  Anything that causes food not to be digested completely by the stomach and/or small intestine can cause flatulence when it reaches the large intestine. Endogenous sources-it is produced within the gut. 2  Gas may be produced as a by-product of digestion of certain foods, or when foods are not digested completely. 3  Anything that causes food not to be digested completely by the stomach and/or small intestine can cause flatulence when it reaches the large intestine.