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Carrageen

noun

(Also written carragheen, carageen)

Dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America. Synonyms: carageen, carragheen, Chondrus crispus, Irish moss.

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... We have as yet in this country no substitute for animal gelatine. I have experimented with carrageen or Irish moss and the Sea-moss Farine preparation, and find them unsatisfactory. It is impossible to make a clear jelly with them, and by soaking in water to destroy the sea flavor, the solidifying property is lost. In England they have a vegetable gelatine (Agar Agar) ...

— The Golden Age Cook Book • Henrietta Latham Dwight

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Words linked to "Carrageen" : Irish moss, carragheen, carageen, genus Chondrus, red algae, Chondrus, Chondrus crispus