Agar
[From What's Inside: Don't Let the Algae Sour You on Hostess's Lemon Pie ]
Remember back in high school biology class, when you cultured bacteria on an agar medium in petri dishes? This is the same stuff. It's actually a gelatinous preparation of the cell walls of red algae, used to thicken the fruit filling. On ingredient labels, it's sometimes called red seaweed, likely because the idea of ingesting seaweed is somewhat palatable (think sushi). Eating red algae, on the other hand, sounds nasty.
What kind of lemon pie is that?
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