Lillian criticizes the "breadless bread plate" for containing a "broken" emulsion. An emulsion is a mixture of immiscible substances; in cookery, it usually means oil and water with an emulsifier, a substance that allows them to mix, such as egg yolk. A broken emulsion is one in which the oil and water have separated again. It's possible that Slowik deliberately served it to Lillian broken so as to hint to the separation between haves and have-nots that would come later in the evening.

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