Carrageen


Irish moss.
Historical Examples

carrageen costs but little, and is considered extremely salutary for persons of delicate constitutions.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various Branches Eliza Leslie

The carrageen or Iceland moss, or lichen is one of the algae of the sea.
The Progress of the Marbling Art Josef Halfer

I have experimented with carrageen or Irish moss and the Sea-moss Farine preparation, and find them unsatisfactory.
The Golden Age Cook Book Henrietta Latham Dwight

After standing 24 hours, it can be used in the same way, as carrageen size.
The Progress of the Marbling Art Josef Halfer

The prepared body, shortly known as “the body,” is at present always composed of boiled carrageen moss.
Practical Bookbinding Paul Adam

If bought in larger quantities the expenses for carrageen can still be reduced.
The Progress of the Marbling Art Josef Halfer

The rock seaweed (called dillisk) and carrageen moss are used.
China Sir Henry Arthur Blake

carrageen smells slightly of iodine and when uncleaned tastes offensively salty.
The Progress of the Marbling Art Josef Halfer

In another chapter upon ox-gall I shall explain why the colors used with carrageen size must be transferred on alum paper.
The Progress of the Marbling Art Josef Halfer

Bandoline, a fixative for keeping hair in curl is commonly prepared from carrageen.
Birds and Nature Vol. 11 No. 1 [January 1902] Various

noun
an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe Also called Irish moss

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