Rensselaer Republican, Volume 13, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 September 1880 — Carrageen. [ARTICLE]

Carrageen.

The fact is not generally known that bourn’ - ri4n of Boston a large ffipfitable husi ness lias been carried on since 184 s along the seashore, os less than “farmW sed>* - Everywhere upon Uusllklfen known as carrageen—the of commerce. It may be ,lQru frQm the sunken rocks auywliere, ancL'yet, the Tittle seaport of Scftuate is alinieet tiie only place In the country WLhcre it is gathered and cured This village is the great centre of the moss business in the country, and the entire ‘tJhkm draws' its supplies from these oeadies. Long rakes are used in tilling mannehirni, and it does n9t take wtrf'tolflrTtie many dories that await the lichen, torn from its salty, rock bed. The husbands and fathers 'gather the mo6B from the sea, and the wives and daughters prepare it for the market. Soak it in water and it will melt away to » jelly. Boil it in milk and a delicious Wlrite and creamy blanc mange is the refetit- - The annual product is from ten to thousand barrels, and it brings $50,000 into the town, which sum is iltared by one hundred and fifty families. Its cqnßHnHtian in the manufacture of lngp* bsbi» very large, and the entire beer interest of the country draws its supplies from Scituate beaches, as the ijn}>ortation from Ireland hasalmost ceased. It is not generally known that the moss, »s<«fi article of food, is called “sea moss