Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat

Re:Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat by Xixi on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @04:07PM (#11949004)

For those who are wondering if there are alternative to animal gelatin, Japanese have been using agar [1] (they call it kanten) for centuries to prepare sweets. It's similar to gelatin, but made from algae, so it is absolutely vegetarian. As far as I know all Japanese traditional sweets that require something gelatinous are made with it, so they are safe to it if you are vegetarian/vegan.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agar

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Re:Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat by fakemeatsubs on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @05:12PM (#11949449)

Wow, I didn't realise that agar the same products used in science experiments/testing was also the food thing (wiki lists uses as microbiology and culinary) . I recall the smell of the agar used in the lab to be very strong and quite off putting if thought of as a food. Has your experience of the aroma of culinary agar been positive?

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Re:Bloody Plant Burger Smells, Tastes and Sizzles Like Meat by Turing_Machine on Tuesday June 21, 2016 @10:30PM (#11951166)

The agar used in labs generally has a lot of other (potentially smelly) stuff put in it, depending on what kind of microorganisms you're trying to grow.

Pure agar is odorless and tasteless.

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