Methyl Cellulose - Egg Yolk Substitute?

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Hi folks:

Methyl cellulose:

http://snipurl.com/63q8

From this description I am not sure I would be enthusiastic about

eating it. But it does say it is non-toxic and 'weakly adhesive'

(perhaps in a similar way to the way egg yolk can be used).

Rodney.

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> > >Hi folks:

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> > >Among the many things I have learnt here, two notable ones are

> using guar to thicken things without the calories of other

potential

> thickeners; and using sucralose to (safely) sweeten things without

> the calories of sugars.

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> > >Egg yolks are useful to make things 'sticky' when you want

> something to stick together better in a 'lump'. Does anyone have a

> good substitute for this purpose?

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> > >Rodney.

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