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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 an exothermic 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 450K 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.

Sending this sort of thing around to groups which may include 'organic' eaters should be considered ethically the same as circulating images of raw meat and recipes for its preparation,to groups of vegans - either an obscenity, a serious provocation, or jolly good fun, eh? Although I must admit, I know of vegans who work in fast-food establishments, frying burgers for the poor unenlightened carnivores, because they need the money.

Also, the ingredients lists of many products at GNC 'health food' stores look nearly as imposing as the cookies' manifest; the retail staff seem unconcerned that they're taking suckers' customers' money for strange brews of processed chemicals.

My major quibble with calling this an "Engineer's Recipe" is that the preparation process is all hand-work, not at all automated. A serious engineer would have designed a totally mechanized production line, with sophisticated monitoring at every stage to ensure strict compliance with the specifications — thus, to "heat... until golden brown" requires spectral and thermal sensors, signaling cut-off within precise parameters.

I wonder how they'll taste?