The prepared body, shortly known as "the body," is at present always composed of boiled carrageen moss.
"Practical Bookbinding"
Paul Adam
Gigartina mamillosa, a common plant everywhere, is the plant sold, along with Chondrus crispus, as Irish or carrageen moss.
"Sea-Weeds, Shells and Fossils"
Peter Gray B. B. Woodward
I'll give you some seaweed pudding, carrageen, you know.
"The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries"
Francis Rolt-Wheeler