If you have eggs from China in your fridge, immediately crack one open and check the followings (i) does the yolk melt quickly into the white? (ii) does the shell burn like paper? If the answers to both questions are 'yes', then congratulation, you have got yourself a fake egg.
Chinese people are born businessmen, and possibly the most creative type. God used mud to make humans, Chinese people use alum, gelatine, lactone, carboxymethyl cellulose, calcium choride, sodium alga acid, sodium benzoate, lysine, paraffin wax, calcium carbide and gypsum powder to make fake eggs. If you don't believe me, check this:
Why such hassle? It is of course money. Apparently, using a machine to make fake eggs reduces the cost in half in egg production. All those hens would be jobless soon. I wonder whether those fake eggs can be scrambled/poached/baked/fried/steamed? Would vegans eat fake eggs? This also adds a new dimension to the chicken and egg question.
Answer for the previous riddle: Oslo
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