tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post892575779329441313..comments2024-02-19T07:51:46.118-05:00Comments on Throw Grammar from the Train: Word: IsinglassJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03173219179480606941noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-8450809439883396592011-05-03T14:55:19.939-04:002011-05-03T14:55:19.939-04:00I would hate to be the person that gets the wrong ...I would hate to be the person that gets the wrong kind of Isinglass. Can you imagine showing up with a sheet instead of the gelatin form? 'Uh, Bob... That's not what we had in mind.'<br />AvaKickboxing Los Angeleshttp://www.robotbjj.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-90932088620505483472011-04-26T08:23:31.118-04:002011-04-26T08:23:31.118-04:00I remember the isinglass window on our furnace. I...I remember the isinglass window on our furnace. It never occurred to me to ask about the source of it. I just thought it was another form of glass. I just knew that it stayed transparent (for the most part) and didn't let the heat escape. I never knew there was a food type! Yuk!Jed Waverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04247031220475748127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-59053410488707003882011-04-20T02:26:59.211-04:002011-04-20T02:26:59.211-04:00i thought isinglass was used to filter wine. Whic...i thought isinglass was used to filter wine. Which is why there is "vegetarian" wine, one filtered using something else.<br />In pre-refrigeration times, ising glass was also used to preserve eggs for times when chickens were off lay.<br />It is a very useful means of preservation.cucarachanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-60733804892216587452011-04-19T01:58:29.223-04:002011-04-19T01:58:29.223-04:00I remember at summer camp there was mica dust all ...I remember at summer camp there was mica dust all over the campground. The counselors said it was fairy dust and the fairies would tell on us if we ventured outside at night. My sister was a rockhound and I knew it was mica, and told them so. I was eight. I didn't know where babies came from, but I knew from fairy dust.Murr Brewsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03422638986410813520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-72967012207645726142011-04-18T15:53:22.313-04:002011-04-18T15:53:22.313-04:00It's still used in winemaking -- vegetarians w...It's still used in winemaking -- vegetarians worry about it, home wine makers buy it, how-to articles explain it...Mae Travelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13328946930935633113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-68372194854710883602011-04-15T09:59:33.004-04:002011-04-15T09:59:33.004-04:00I actually remember both forms of isinglass from m...I actually remember both forms of isinglass from my childhood (and I'm only 47 - but I did grow up in the country). My grandfather would regularly use the liquid form to "fine" his brew of beer, and a neighbour of ours used small sheets of the solid version in woodstoves he manufactured. I never really thought much about the obvious contradiction of usage - thanks for giving me something to think about!<br /><br />PS: I also used to confuse the liquid form with another compound - waterglass, or sodium silicate - that my father used to waterproof concrete.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-56353497021481215802011-04-13T13:58:51.323-04:002011-04-13T13:58:51.323-04:00Maybe it's because I'm British, but I thin...Maybe it's because I'm British, but I think I only knew about the fish type, even though I was brought up on Rogers and Hammerstein. Perhaps I thought they were some weird fishy kind of curtains.Warsaw Willhttp://random-idea-english.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-2694314655381868202011-04-13T12:34:37.309-04:002011-04-13T12:34:37.309-04:00It seems to me that anything used to thicken or ge...It seems to me that anything used to thicken or gel edible substances comes from some sort of disgusting animal product. Fish bladders, pigs feet ... even cornstarch is used in some plastic production. I almost wish I didn't know these things.~Heidi~https://www.blogger.com/profile/04235412875651194788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-18342197789307909842011-04-13T03:39:52.138-04:002011-04-13T03:39:52.138-04:00I was at Adnam's Brewery in Stowmarket, Suffol...I was at Adnam's Brewery in Stowmarket, Suffolk, England the other week, and they still use isinglass commercially as finings to clear the sediment from the beer in the final stages of the brewing process.fizzognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-69140780425878652892011-04-13T00:25:48.165-04:002011-04-13T00:25:48.165-04:00I remember discussing the black glop in a course o...I remember discussing the black glop in a course on Chaucer I took at the University.T. Roger Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16304103509683960962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-12216047206411275142011-04-12T19:26:12.709-04:002011-04-12T19:26:12.709-04:00"The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's ..."The wheels are yeller, the upholstery's brown, <br /> The dashboard's genuine leather, <br /> With isinglass curtains y' can roll right down, <br /> In case there's a change in the weather."<br /> -from The Surrey With The Fringe On Top,<br /> <i>Oklahoma!</i>.John Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10350283946328687820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-55340416902813984682011-04-12T19:19:37.519-04:002011-04-12T19:19:37.519-04:00Wow. I always thought it was just sheets of mica (...Wow. I always thought it was just sheets of mica (and was a little surprised by the idea that big sheets of mica were available in suitable quantities).<br /><br />And as a bonus treat we learn that the word "sound" can mean the air bladder of a fish.Øhttp://voidplay.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811866763970314328.post-50173362081169240752011-04-12T19:07:54.412-04:002011-04-12T19:07:54.412-04:00ice in glass / i sing, lassice in glass / i sing, lassAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com