Re: [DIYbio] Re: [hackmanhattan] food science: egg replacer

I actually hope it's more than just flax or ener-g vegan egg
replacement (here are the ingredients in ener-g):
"Potato Starch, Tapioca Flour, Leavening (Calcium Lactate, Calcium
Carbonate, Citric Acid), Sodium Carboxymethylcellulose,
Methylcellulose. Calcium Lactate is not Dairy Derived. It does not
Contain Lactose."

I just think it would be cool to have a cool new ingredient, for
instance... maybe give us DIYbio folks ideas too

On Wed, Jul 4, 2012 at 1:10 AM, Jonathan Cline <jncline@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sunday, July 1, 2012 2:01:56 PM UTC-7, Nathan McCorkle wrote:
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>> I wonder what this is
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>> From: SuperLuckyCat <crystal@superluckycat.com>
>> Date: Sun, Jul 1, 2012 at 9:29 AM
>> Subject: [Blabber] food science: egg replacer
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> It could be flax seed or flax meal.  Mixed with room temperature water for a
> couple mins, flax becomes kind of gelatinous like agar, or similar to the
> consistency of raw egg white.   Eggs are often used as a glue-binder in
> food, or for thickening.  Flax replaces this type of use just fine.  Rumor
> has it that rare people have flax allergy though.  Other glutinous seeds can
> be substituted sometimes too.  Definitely food science has got a bump rap
> the past several decades.
>
> BTW, most people who claim they can cook, yet clearly can not, as they don't
> know the peasant replacements and need expensive "kit" ingredients (sounds
> like a familiar theme).  Especially those who claim they are great at baking
> yet don't know the simple substitution of applesauce for sugar (living in a
> society with 35% obesity, you'd think that would be an important FAQ, eh?
>  Ha).  Not to be a food snob, but hmmm, somehow this is discarded in the
> educational system, maybe when schools stopped teaching "Home Ec", that
> basic food stuffs can be used instead.
>
> Ref:
>  * http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Vegan_Substitutions
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