Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein

English translation: 2 eggs

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English term or phrase:Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
Selected answer:2 eggs
Entered by: abdurrahman

11:37 Oct 30, 2008
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng / Food
English term or phrase: Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
sorry, but this is the whole phrase.

from a chemist's recipe for chocolate chip cookies. this sentence is one of the Ingredients.

Thank you very much for your kind assistance.
abdurrahman
United Arab Emirates
Local time: 18:09
2 eggs
Explanation:
fine

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Note added at 2 mins (2008-10-30 11:40:20 GMT)
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This is the description of 2 eggs.
Obviously a chemist with a sense of humour - yes, they do exist.
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achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:09
Grading comment
Many Thanks
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5 +62 eggs
achisholm
4عدد 2 كبسولة كربونات الكالسيوم تحتوي على بروتين مغلف ببياض الطيور
Nadia Ayoub


  

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2 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
2 eggs


Explanation:
fine

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Note added at 2 mins (2008-10-30 11:40:20 GMT)
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This is the description of 2 eggs.
Obviously a chemist with a sense of humour - yes, they do exist.

achisholm
United Kingdom
Local time: 14:09
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 32
Grading comment
Many Thanks

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Alaa Zeineldine: Remarkable.
9 mins
  -> many thanks

agree  Jack Doughty: Well worked out! I didn't get it till I saw your explanation.
16 mins
  -> thanks

agree  Ken Cox: cute! by the way, in my experience chemists rank with mathematicians on the sense of humour scale - sometimes eccentric, but often present
24 mins
  -> true

agree  kmtext: Should maybe specify bird's eggs as opposed to reptilian etc
32 mins
  -> true, but aside from the fact that the composition of the shell is different, reptiles eggs aren't often used in cooking. On the othe hand, mammalian eggs are!

agree  Sabine Akabayov, PhD
7 hrs
  -> many thanks

agree  Fathy Shehatto: The same idea of: chopped de-encapsulated legume meats (nuts) II partially hydrogenated tallow triglyceride (butter or margarine)
8 hrs
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5
two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avian albumen-coated protein
عدد 2 كبسولة كربونات الكالسيوم تحتوي على بروتين مغلف ببياض الطيور


Explanation:
Yes, in facts that would be the definition of 2 eggs!


Nadia Ayoub
Egypt
Local time: 16:09
Native speaker of: Arabic
Notes to answerer
Asker: جزاكم الله خيرا

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