Nettie's

Agar is a vegetarian source of gelatin made from seaweed. It is sold as flakes, powder, and in bars or sticks. It is colourless, odorless and tasteless. It dissolves best in hot liquids and gels faster with refrigeration. I use it in desserts, puddings, aspics, salads and fillings.

Long before the development of agriculture, coastal peoples harvested a variety of nutritious vegetables from the sea. Though sea vegetables are used in many countries, their use in Japan has been the most popular. The seaweed industry there dates back to the 14th century. The actual farming of sea vegetables began in the 1700’s in […]