Agar as a thickener


OmManiPadmeOmelet wrote on 01 Oct 2005 in rec.food.cooking

AFAIK Agar is like pectin only thick when cool.

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Jenny's Indispensable Almost No Carb Barbecue Sauce

Recipe By :Jenny the Bean (asdlc), modified slightly by Damsel Serving Size : 27 Preparation Time :0:00 Categories : Condiments

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 tablespoons SplendaĻ granular -- (18 drops liquid) 1 dash cayenne pepper 1-4 teaspoon xanthan gum -- optional(agar) 1 1-2 tablespoons yellow mustard 15 ounces tomato sauce -- plain 6 tablespoons vinegar 3 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce 1 tablespoon lemon juice 3-4 tablespoon Frank's Hot Sauce 3-4 tablespoon salt -- optional 1 1-2 teaspoons liquid smoke flavoring

Strange experience with cast iron 7478
Wow, Paul sure pulls some accurate information out of his butt. Maybe you should take a peek up there so see how he does it...

Place Splenda and cayenne pepper into a medium sauce pan. Add xanthan gum, if you choose to thicken the sauce. Blend mustard into dry ingredients. Slowly blend in the tomato sauce. Stir in the rest of the ingredients.

Bring to a boil, then lower heat. Let simmer for a few minutes. Let cool, then refrigerate.

Note: this sauce will taste a bit peculiar if you taste it when it is still hot. Don't worry! Something magical happens when it sits in the fridge.

Strange experience with cast iron
I've had a griddle for a few months now, and I have started using it more lately. I've cooked maybe a dozen or so times in it. It...

Carbohydrates per Serving (1 tablespoon): Less than 1 gram. Half an ounce is 1 gm carbs, 6 calories.

Roast beef au jus II
jmcquown You really need to learn how to grill chuck steaks, no other steak tastes so good, and there is no reason a properly prepared chuck steak can't be grilled to tender succulence. Look...

Source: Yield: "1 cups" - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Per Serving (excluding unknown items): 7 Calories; trace Fat (7.0% calories from fat); trace Protein; 2g Carbohydrate; trace Dietary Fiber; trace Cholesterol; 301mg Sodium. Exchanges: 0 Grain(Starch); 0 Lean Meat; 0 Vegetable; 0 Fruit; 0 Fat; 0 Other Carbohydrates.

NOTES : This isn't a subsbreastute for the "real thing," it's an improvement. It's so good the rest of the family gobbles it up and I have to keep making more.

Nutr. buttoc. : 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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