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carrageen
(redirected from Carrageen Moss)

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car·ra·geen also car·ra·gheen  (kr-gn)
n.

[After Carragheen, a village of southeast Ireland.]

carrageen, carragheen, carageen [ˈkærəˌgiːn]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) an edible red seaweed, Chondrus crispus, of North America and N Europe Also called Irish moss
[from Carragheen, near Waterford, Ireland, where it is plentiful]
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Noun1.carrageen - dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North Americacarrageen - dark purple edible seaweed of the Atlantic coasts of Europe and North America
red algae - marine algae in which the chlorophyll is masked by a red or purplish pigment; source of agar and carrageenan
Chondrus, genus Chondrus - a genus of protoctist


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And Carrageen Moss, which has many uses - it's a natural remedy for coughs, cold, asthma and bronchitis, it's used to solidify ice cream, and thicken soups, stews and jams, or you can have it in a drink with honey, lemon and orange.
Dishes include nettle soup, Dublin coddle, rack of Wicklow lamb glazed with Boyne Valley honey, Irish whiskey mustard with gratinated crabmeat, Limerick gammon with Colcannon potato, rhubarb tart with gooseberry sherbet, currant and apple roly-poly and Carrageen Moss flan.
 
 
 
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