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Must Have Ingredients

bkeene12

If you are new to this site, you are going to experience a lot of highs and a few lows. The highs will come from watching some of the most mouth watering recipes being made just to get completely bummed when you realize you need a food chemistry set to create them. Tired of having "blue tongue" from all the teasing, I sat down and came up with a pretty concise list of the otherwise esoteric ingredients you will need to make it through a good many of the "cool" recipes. I sourced everything from Modernist Pantry.

Sodium Citrate

RM Transglutaminase

Ultra-Tex 3

Kelcogel F - Low Acyl Gellan Gum

Prague Powder No.2

Sodium Hexametaphosphate

Egg Yolk Powder

Glucose Powder

Methocel® F50 Food Grade

Here is a shot of the cart, looks like it will run about $70 and some change.

If you see some obvious ones that need mention, feel free to add on; perhaps include the recipe or vid it is associated with.

(italicized words means to take my assumptions of quantity loosely).

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Paul_Raphaelson_79373

In addition to xanthan I'd look for some other basic gums, including guar, locust bean gum, and a carrageenan or two. Kappa carrageenan seems to be the most popular, but I use lambda the most. I use arrowroot starch a lot (almost any grocery store). Sodium alginate if you're interested in spherizing stuff.

bkeene12

I was able to get that one at Whole Paycheck (Foods)- that said it'd probably be just as easy to order online and get everything from one source. Careful though, if you are perusing the grocery shelves, you might think the stuff is called "Gluten Free" instead of "Xanthan Gum". Gluten Free seems to get top billing, on this box anyway...

David_Henley_36942

You also should be able to get Instacure #1 at most butcher shops or butcher supply shops. Any good butcher shop might even give you some for free!

David_Henley_36942

N-Zorbit - Food Grade Tapioca Maltodextrin

bkeene12

I think you're right. I'm going to change it. We should also mention that Prague Powder and Instacure are the same thing. Modernist Pantry seems to prefer calling it Prague Powder. I wonder why...?

Well- doesn't seem we can edit the original post so, that said, get Prague Powder No. 1 instead of 2.

Samuel_68313

Maybe where you live!

Matt_67991

Luckily it is pretty easy to get at grocery stores.

Samuel_68313

Nice list but missed xanthan gum, which is probably the most important one.

reck.harm

You sure about that prague powder? I'm fairly certain that most (may be even all) the recipes on CS use No.1 .