carrageenan

Today’s interesting fact you probably didn’t know is that the food additive “carrageenan” comes from red algae. I learned this from reading the Black Stallion series when I was younger, not because I wanted to ride horses, per se, but because the protagonist’s name was also Alex. By the same token, Michael J. Fox’s character on “Family Ties” was my other hero growing up.

In any case, from the department of humorous out of context quotes found on Wikipedia, here is something from the carrageenan entry:

This means that they are easy to pump but stiffen again afterwards.

Sickos.