SC - RE Isinglass

[Decker, Terry D.]

Sodium silicate is a soluble micaceous mineral used in preserving eggs and
making building materials.  The isinglass comes from being related to other
forms of mica.  It is also known as water glass and soluble glass.

Bear


> According to _Putting Food By_ by Ruth Hertzberg, et. al. (Brattleboro,
> Vt. : Stephen Greene Press, 1975), isinglas used in preserving eggs is in
> fact a chemical rather than fish related substance. I'll have to go back
> to my copy and try to bring it in to answer the question fully but I
> believe she says it is sodium silicate... though I'm doing thsi from
> memory and am not sure.
>  -- 
> Jadwiga Zajaczkowa, mka Jennifer Heise