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Far-out and isolated... Yeah, but good luck finding the place. But I suppose it is more fun that Duxbury Reef is off the beaten path.
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All up and down the coast is kelp--giant forests that we see only the tops. These flat "leaves" are suspended by the buoyant air-filled bulb, on left...
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...while tentacles hold-fast, quite tenaciously, to rock 30 or 40 feet below.
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Kelp is in LOTS of things. The iodine kelp contains is said to be a cure for goiter. Also is used widely in Asian cooking. A kelp-derived carbohydrate (alginate) is used to thicken products such as ice cream, jelly, salad dressing, and toothpaste. Makes a great emulsifier and is non-toxic so it slips into a LOT of our food products, such the gooey stuff inside a Twinkie.
From the early 1970's to the mid-80's I worked as a paint-maker for a small company that made a water-base textile printing ink; Versatex. The formula has changed since then, but one of our ingredients was a certain amount of kelp powder, which I premixed with water to form a thick gel. Its purpose in our paint was to keep aqueous components homogenous and in suspension with the other ingredients, preventing "migration" or bleeding of the ink.
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2 comments:
Those kelp pictures are nice, especially that last one.
Great photos, as always, Donald! For some reason, that kelp is making me super hungry for noodles. Be well! Sparkle Plenty
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