(id_018) deep red jelly

by Philomena Theuretzbacher, Juliette Collas

Recipe Distributed under a CC-BY license: feel free to use and modify while citing the original source.

Recipe

Ingredients

1L water 10g agar agar powder 125 mL beet juice 5g sodium carbonate (baking soda)

preparation

  1. bring water to a boil
  2. dissolve soda and agar powder
  3. stirr in beet juice
  4. poor liquid into mold and let sit until cold and firm to the touch (can be sped up by putting it into fridge)
  5. unmold and leave as it is or cut into pieces

Disposal

cleaning easy to peal of smooth surfaces gelling can be reversed by heat

disposal it is food grade, and can be disposed of as you would food scraps

Comments

alien food

     **viscosity**
 
  mashed potatoes
 
     **elasticity**
 
   cooked noodle
 
     **brillance**
 
     reflective
 
    **fluorescence**
 
         no
 
    **transparency**
 
    frosted glas
 
    **flammability**
 
   non-flammable
 
     **hazardous**
 
         NA
 
      **toxicity**
 
       edible
 
    **ecotoxicity**
 
  safe for compost
 
       **smell**
 
        mild
 
     **stickyness**
 
       water
 
      **wetness**
 
        dry
 
   **Monetary-input**
 between 0 and 1 € /liter 
     **complexity**
 need to stir, need to cook, need to rest 
     **durability**
 
        days
 
    **slipperyness**
 
     wet shower
 
  **cleaning-clothes**
 
       rinse
 
 **comment_on_laundry**
 
         NA
 
  **cleaning-surface**
 
      collect
 
   **transformation**
 
        heat
comment_on_reversability gelling can be reversed by heat 
   **body_toxicity**
 
        none
 
     **Time-input**
 
      >1 hour
comment-on-laundry-treatment stubborn jelly stains should come out by boil washing, color might leave stains on white fabrics