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- From: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
- Subject: Re: origin of gelatin
- Message-ID: <1992Jul30.172850.5043@rdg.dec.com>
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- Reply-To: winalski@adserv.enet.dec.com (Paul S. Winalski)
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- References: <KH.92Jul30110853@litsun17.epfl.ch>
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- Date: Thu, 30 Jul 1992 17:28:50 GMT
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- In article <KH.92Jul30110853@litsun17.epfl.ch>,
- kh@litsun17.epfl.ch (Mark S.) writes:
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- |>Does anybody know what the origin of gelatin (foodstuff) is?
- |>
- |>Opinions on red.food.cooking range from hooves to skin to cow bones.
- |>Animal matter anyway. Is pectin the same, or something different?
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- Gelatin indeed is extracted from animal connective tissue. Pectin comes from
- plant tissue and is different both in origin and chemically, although both
- pectin and gelatin jell.
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- --PSW
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