albumen

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* And finally, I challenge you to put egg yolks in your mayonnaise without getting any egg white / albumen in there.

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a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

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noun

a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

noun

the white part of an egg; the nutritive and protective gelatinous substance surrounding the yolk consisting mainly of albumin dissolved in water; "she separated the whites from the yolks of several eggs"

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Core meanings and parts of speech for albumen.

noun

a simple water-soluble protein found in many animal tissues and liquids

noun

Example sentences

* And finally, I challenge you to put egg yolks in your mayonnaise without getting any egg white / albumen in there.

Yes and washing like that is not nessecary and removes a protective layer of albumen.

This really only works with old eggs, where the temperature differential can help separate the albumen from the inner shell.

And vaccines can have adverse effects on rare occasions with some people, such as the people who are allergic to the albumen in flu shots - although in that case the scientific consensus is clear.

Difficult peeling is characteristic of fresh eggs with a relatively low albumen pH, which somehow causes the albumen to adhere to the inner shell membrane more strongly than it adheres to itself.