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Dunkirk101
10-07-2004, 07:07 AM
Since this is National Cookie Month....

Texas A & M Chocolate Chip Cookies

INGREDIENTS:
1.) 532.35 cm3 gluten
2.) 4.9 cm3 NaHCO3
3.) 4.9 cm3 refined halite
4.) 236.6 cm3 partially hydrogenated tallowtriglyceride
5.) 177.45 cm3 crystalline C12H22O11
6.) 177.45 cm3 unrefined C12H22O11
7.) 4.9 cm3 methyl ether of protocatechuic aldehyde
8.) Two calcium carbonate-encapsulated avianalbumen-coated protein
9.) 473.2 cm3 theobroma cacao
10.) 236.6 cm3 de-encapsulated legume meats (sieve size#10)

DIRECTIONS: To a 2-L jacketed round reactor vessel (reactor #1) with an overall heat
transfer coefficient of about 100 Btu/F-ft2-hr, add ingredients one, two
and three with constant agitation. In a second 2-L reactor vessel with a radial
flow impeller operating at 100 rpm, add ingredients four, five, six, and
seven until the mixture is homogenous.

To reactor #2, add ingredient eight, followed by three equal volumes of the
homogenous mixture in reactor #1. Additionally, add ingredient nine and ten
slowly, with constant agitation. Care must be taken at this point in the reaction
to control any temperature rise that may be the result of anexothermic reaction.

Using a screw extrude attached to a #4 nodulizer, place the mixture piece-meal
on a 316SS sheet (300 x 600 mm). Heat in a 460K oven for a period of time
that is in agreement with Frank Johnston's first order rate _expression (see
JACOS, 21, 55), or until golden brown. Once the reaction is complete, place the
sheet on a 25C heat-transfer table, allowing the product to come to equilibrium.

For all you non chemical engineers, you have now made Chocolate Chip
Cookies. This is why engineers should never write a cookbook. :)

Imagineer
10-07-2004, 10:35 AM
I believe after reading that, I shall have to ingest several milligrams of acetosalycilic acid with dihydrogenmonoxide. Great post!

DanF
10-07-2004, 11:59 AM
Aggie cookies, what next? :)

astrapol2
10-07-2004, 12:41 PM
Funny.

A few years ago a french chemical engineer indeed wrote, not exactly a cook book, but a book explaining chemical reactions involoved in cooking. Scientific explanation of why some ingredients only react at a precise temperature, etc. It looked rather complicated but my sister who loves cooking told me it was great.

es347fan
10-07-2004, 04:35 PM
Leave it to a herd (gaggle?, pride? litter?) of Aggies.

Only group I know that will drive 20 minutes on the freeway away from downtown, pay for parking in a lot across the street from a free Park & Ride, only to board a city bus, paying six dollars for a 10 min ride to downtown, where ample parking was available - free.

astrapol2
10-08-2004, 03:03 AM
Er… What does "aggie" mean ?

es347fan
10-08-2004, 09:24 AM
Texas Agricultural & Mechanical University is a truly fine school located in east Texas. The term "aggie" was initially applied to the Corps of Cadets, representing the military officer training the school is famous for. Aggies have been the butt of jokes for decades. There are countless Aggie Joke Books available. The rivalry with other schools is the stuff of legend (in Texas, anyway).

silverbulletkc
10-08-2004, 09:31 AM
Originally posted by Dan Fussell
Aggie cookies, what next?
Virginia Tech developing "Hokie Hoagies?"

LionelHutz
10-08-2004, 11:02 AM
A University of Miami book on how to mix Hurricanes?