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MushSicle
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agar agar substitute?
#21594123 - 04/25/15 08:33 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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So, I looked for agar agar at every single grocery store in my area, and couldn't find agar agar anywhere. Don't want to drive out of my way to a city unless necessary. Are there any tested substitutes that work as a replacement??
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wowimflabbergasted
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: MushSicle]
#21594139 - 04/25/15 08:38 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Amazon lol
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Munchauzen


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unfortunately there is no substitute for agar. order it online. most of us get the deal where its 4 ounces and 1 for free. I live in a major us city, and even then agar is only in 1 whole foods out of like 10, and its twice as expensive as on amazon.
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mushpunx
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: MushSicle]
#21594195 - 04/25/15 08:58 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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MushSicle said: So, I looked for agar agar at every single grocery store in my area, and couldn't find agar agar anywhere. Don't want to drive out of my way to a city unless necessary. Are there any tested substitutes that work as a replacement??
Its not usually sold in regular grocery. Go looking for a real ethnic asian store, I live in a poor neighborhood I have like 7. They might not know it by name, bring a photo on your phone
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hamloaf
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: MushSicle]
#21594303 - 04/25/15 09:34 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Correct. Grocery store agar won't be found in a conventional-type grocery store. You have to look in "health/organic-food" stores, or as mushpunx suggests, ethnic grocery stores. Particularly Asian grocery stores. The favorite alternative to grocery store agar is to buy the pre-mixed, enriched agar agar from Fungiperfecti.
When cost of materials, and time spent gathering the ingredients from several different places are factored in, it's found to be up to 50% cheaper, and WAY less time consuming to gather the pre-mixed agar from online sources, and have it shipped to your door. Ime/o, Fungipefecti has the best deals on the highest quality pre-mixed agar recipes.
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Hashish
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: hamloaf]
#21594368 - 04/25/15 09:54 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Internet works wonders. no driving out of town needed..
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PirateSwazey


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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: Hashish]
#21594467 - 04/25/15 10:29 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Been doing this for years & still buy my agar premixed from mycology suppliers.
A $30 bottle will last you a really long time... Like half a year or better
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blojo02184
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Health food stores will sometimes carry seaweed agar. Most "off the boat" Asian stores will carry.
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Kizzle
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: blojo02184]
#21594652 - 04/25/15 11:24 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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BRF paste. It's not a perfect substitute but you can clone or germinate spores on it or isolate from molds.
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PinPornProducer
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: Kizzle]
#21594688 - 04/25/15 11:36 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Just throwing this out there, could one possibly use like a sugar free gelatin?
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Kizzle
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I know there are a lot of organisms which can break gelatin down and turn it back into a liquid. I don't know if mushroom mycelium would do that.
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: Kizzle]
#21594731 - 04/25/15 11:47 AM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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The reason I mentioned it is because agar agar is used to make gelatin.
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Kizzle
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Well there's gelatin the dessert and there's gelatin the ingredient. You can make gelatin with agar agar but usually it's made with gelatin
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MushSicle
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Re: agar agar substitute? [Re: Kizzle]
#21595473 - 04/25/15 02:45 PM (9 years, 25 days ago) |
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Thanks for the ideas and advice, I'll probably end up ordering it online. I'm in no big rush
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