Comments on: Eating Irish Moss

By: For a Taste of Ireland, Have a Big Mac? | Food & Think

For a Taste of Ireland, Have a Big Mac? | Food & Think — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 14:12:50 +0000

[...] using it in its Shamrock Shakes. They already contain another ingredient associated with Ireland: carrageenan. Posted By: Lisa Bramen — Around the World,Restaurants | Link | Comments (0) [...]

By: Samira Kawash

Samira Kawash — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 23:02:16 +0000

Isn’t the milk and sugar dessert with seaweed a version of the classic “blancmange”? It’s funny, because whenever I read about those Victorians enjoying their blancmange in 19th century novels I always imagined it as the classiest sort of dessert. Not until much later did I learn that the secret ingredient was seaweed! It can of course be made with more modern sorts of gelatins as well…

By: Delights and Prejudices » News Feed: September 28

Delights and Prejudices » News Feed: September 28 — Tue, 28 Sep 2010 16:15:37 +0000

[...] An old-time dish from the coast of Ireland: Irish moss. [Smithsonian] [...]