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[Bonne of Traquair]

>
> >>Agar (sometimes written agar-agar) is a seaweed based gelatin.<<
>
>Anybody have any idea if this was an import in period?

The Irish ate seaweeds, perhaps one of those is a thickener.  I beleive one 
is, though I can't recall the name of it, and none of the packaged food 
products I can read the labels on here are jogging my memory.  My "source" 
for this is an Irish cookbook at the local library.  The intro has a history 
of food on the island.  Credibility, unknown. But there you are.

I have a mundane cookbook at home, "The Vegetarian Lunchbox" (maybe 
Lunchbasket) which has a cutesy-poo "turtle salad" recipe.  Pea puree set up 
with something like agar, then scooped up so that is is vaguely turtle shell 
shaped, then decorated with olives etc. Never tried it, but if you use agar 
and think it would save you a couple of experimental steps, I can get it to 
you.

Hmm, cutesy-poo could translate into a subtlety if a turtle-themed event 
ever comes along.

Bonne


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