Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site kitty.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!sunybcs!kitty!larry From: larry@kitty.UUCP (Larry Lippman) Newsgroups: net.misc.coke Subject: Re: Re: Re: Chocolate cokes Message-ID: <268@kitty.UUCP> Date: Wed, 7-Aug-85 16:49:21 EDT Article-I.D.: kitty.268 Posted: Wed Aug 7 16:49:21 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Aug-85 00:07:09 EDT References: <11648@brl-tgr.ARPA> <422@kontron.UUCP> <226@kitty.UUCP> <1360@uwmacc.UUCP> Distribution: na Organization: Recognition Research Corp., Clarence, NY Lines: 31 joel "vo" plutchak writes: > P.S. Is it true that McDonald's "shakes" are not called milkshakes because of > a definite lack of anything resembling a dairy product? (I don't really want > to know; it's just something to think about.) "Seaweed Shakes" would be more like it, since the major constituent of fast-food shakes (besides water) is carrageenan. Carrageenan is a gel-forming polysaccharide extracted from seaweed called Carrageenan or Irish Moss. It's a white/gray powder which is virtually tasteless and odorless, and whose gel- forming abilities are truly amazing. I once demonstrated how to make a McShake at a party by taking 500 ml of water, adding 20 gr of carrageenan powder, 50 ml of milk, along with 20 ml of Hershey's syrup. After mixing in a blender, the finished product was really indistinguishable from the McDonald's product. Needless to say, there is damn little milk required to simulate a milkshake. While McDonald's does not post their ingredients, they generally are posted on chocolate milk containers where carrageenan is the most common thickening agent in use; take a look some time. Another thickening agent commonly used in food products is xanthan gum, which is made from the lips of young xanth's... Larry Lippman Recognition Research Corp. Clarence, New York UUCP {decvax,dual,rocksanne,rocksvax,watmath}!sunybcs!kitty!larry {rice,shell}!baylor!/ syr!buf!/ VOICE 716/741-9185 TELEX {via WUI} 69-71461 answerback: ELGECOMCLR "Have you hugged your cat today?"