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agar not becoming solid
    #26902580 - 08/27/20 03:22 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

I'm using the same recipe I always have and it won't solidify for some reason. I always let them go solid before I pc them and I dont know whats going on.

I do 3.5g potato flakes, 2 grams agar, a splash of karo, and a half cup of water.

Can anyone help? Its possible i switched the numbers on the potato and agar on accident when making my notes.


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26902589 - 08/27/20 03:29 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Did you boil the agar?
Perhaps it didn't mix with the water.


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: Goatrider]
    #26902594 - 08/27/20 03:31 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

As soon as it comes to a boil i kill the heat and add the splash of karo. Maybe I should just let it hang out in the water a bit before heating?


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26904683 - 08/28/20 05:43 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

Bump?


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: ichugwindex]
    #26904720 - 08/28/20 06:03 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

are lids posibly not sealing and leaking water in?


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: Spore211215]
    #26904734 - 08/28/20 06:12 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

I would try mixing it up quite a bit to let everything dissolve before even turning the heat on, then slow heating it maybe? I generally think that slowly heating it to a boil gives it a better chance to thicken up. You should really buy some MEA, My first plates I did potato and the visibility was poo. MEA turned out crystal clear and it's not that expensive.


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Re: agar not becoming solid [Re: lookintolearn]
    #26904814 - 08/28/20 07:13 PM (3 years, 4 months ago)

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Spore211215 said:
are lids posibly not sealing and leaking water in?




They arent going solid BEFORE the pc run so its not the lids.
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lookintolearn said:
I would try mixing it up quite a bit to let everything dissolve before even turning the heat on, then slow heating it maybe? I generally think that slowly heating it to a boil gives it a better chance to thicken up. You should really buy some MEA, My first plates I did potato and the visibility was poo. MEA turned out crystal clear and it's not that expensive.




I will try to really mix it up and slow heat it thanks. I do want to try MEA some day but for now I'm sticking with the things I can locally source. Seriously thanks for the replies guys.

Edit: yeah i just wasnt mixing everything up as well as i should have while i was heating my ingredients in the pot.


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Edited by ichugwindex (08/29/20 02:02 AM)


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