The Sea Vegetable Gelatin Cookbook and Field Guide
Madlener
1981
Oh no! Another gelatin book has found it’s way to ALB. Brace yourselves! Instead of Bill Cosby and Jell-o treats, we have sea vegetable gelatin or agar.
I was okay at the strawberry souffle, and maybe the pineapple-coconut punch, but wait! Right next door is beet and red cabbage drink. Beets are not bad, cabbage is not (that) bad. Together in a drink? NO!
The worst picture is the Beef and Carrot souffle, with hard boiled eggs. Somehow seeing this dish is worse than reading the recipe. Given that agar is used as a vegetarian option for gelatin, it seems a bit odd to be specifically using agar for a beef dish.
Mary
I think the ingredient in the souffle is actually beets not beef? Still nasty though.
Wait, though, that’s BEET and Carrot Soufflé. Not beef.
I think that says beet and carrot souffle, not beef. I hope so, because beef would make no sense!
(Psst: The picture caption says BEET and Carrot Soufflé, not Beef and Carrot)
Well after getting out a magnifying glass and looking at the pages, I stand corrected. (Eye appointment for new glasses is now on my to-do list.)
Mary
That said, whole eggs are skirting the very hair-splitting edge of “vegetarian”. (Lacto-ovo-vegetarian is barely vegetarian.)
Beef or beet, it still sounds nasty!
Probably the disturbing light brown color also made you think beef instead of beets? Either way, blargh.
Actually it’s a typing error. Your eyes are fine. Go see Madge so she can give your fingers a spa moment. Why stop at washing dishes, just bathe in it….
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_bEkq7JCbik
Veggie Jello is used not only by vegetarians, but also by Jews (and I guess Muslims), because regular gelatin isn’t kosher/halal thanks to often being made from pig hooves. So putting beef in it is okay with YHWH/Allah. Just no pork.
However, the beet-cabbage combo is an abomination unto goodness.
Where’s the beet? Clara Peller.
https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tTP1TcwzM4tLjdg9BItz0gtSlUvVijJSFVISk1NU8hJTKkEALnWCyQ&q=where%27s+the+beef+lady&rlz=1C1GCEU_enUS996US996&oq=where%27s+the+beef&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j0i512j46i512j0i512l7.5528j0j1&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8