Irish Moss Paste Recipe

See Important Update below.

Eucheuma (Japanese Moss)UPDATE: Apparently there has been some hullabaloo about Irish Moss and it is now on the chopping block. It's distressing when a product comes around, you research it, find all sorts of good information, about it, only to find out months or years later, that, hmm, maybe not so good. Dr. Joanne Tobacman of the University of Illinois has been researching carageenan moss for over a decade. Carageenan moss is a derivative of red Irish moss, and this alone can be confusing. Most of us make our paste from Eucheuma or Japanese Sea Moss (from the Philippines) and not "Irish" moss. The phrase "Irish Moss Paste" is now widely used, however, the folks in Ireland are not too happy with our…