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Posted on 06/07/2023 11:23:13 PM PDT by Olog-hai
Seaweed has long been collected around the Irish coast and utilized for fertilizer and sometimes food.
Now, however, seaweed is no longer just collected; it is being grown and harvested by a new breed of farmer — seaweed farmers.
Perched on the hillside above the Atlantic Ocean in Allihies on the Beara Peninsula in County Cork, Michael O’Neill’s premise looks just like a collection of farming sheds. Inside it is very different to any farm, because Mr. O’Neill is a seaweed farmer and the premises are a hatchery where he grows and propagates the marine plants. […]
His company, Pure Ocean Algae, is the first in the world to grow the edible seaweed dulse (also known as dillisk in a non-wild environment). […]
Mr. O’Neill says: “The great thing about seaweed is that you can grow it with no use of freshwater, no use of land and no use of fertilizers. It naturally absorbs excess nutrients in the sea. It sequesters carbon and helps ocean health generally and biodiversity. Seaweed is an underexploited biomass and it can be used in many different sectors. You can use it for food, for animal feed, biostimulants and as ingredients in pharmaceuticals and cosmetics.” …
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I bet it tastes like chicken.
You likely eat seaweed a couple of times a week and don’t realize it. Carrageenan is a food thickening agent made from seaweed.
CC
To a seaweed connoisseur, it’s probably better. 😀😆😊 Are there any seaweed connoisseurs out there? 🤗
I’ll have seaweed with a side of insect salad and tofu.
And I’ll door-dash it over to the White house.
That comes from carrageen. Dulse is actually carrageenan-free. Nobody has proposed using carrageen to substitute for normal farming, that is as yet.
One favorite is something called mozuku, a refreshing treat often served raw in a small bowl to accompany a dinner. We have it at home dressed with sweet vinegar or soy sauce. And because it's slimy, it's best eaten with wooden chopsticks.
Check your Asian grocer to see if they carry it. Many health benefits are claimed for the food. Good recent magazine story here:
Mozuku seaweed: The Japanese superfood linked good health and beautiful skin
EVERY grocery store here, is an Asian grocery store, but I don’t recall ever seeing it.
I hope their ocean is more pure than our ocean.
CC
If you’re going to grow more Irish, you’ll need something for them to drink and potatoes. Lots of potatoes.
I got some Irish sea moss powder at whole foods. It is mostly grown in the Caribbean. It has almost every mineral in it humans need but does not taste great.
People farm seaweed on US east coast And all of Japan. And Ireland. This is far from new.
I like nori.
And red kelp
Make mine Natto !
During the depression it was Dandelion weeds and
poke salad. Shoot, Scarlet even ate raw turnip
according to Margret Mitchell. Not much into turnip
raw or cooked, but those turnip greens are
mighty delicious. Chef Fieri more than likely would have the skills to present them on the table slapped with an expensive price on the menu.
What they sell at Costco is pretty good
Correct, but nobody put it in the context of “carbon sequestration” before.
At home, my mom prepared cooked and mashed turnips to accompany our Thanksgiving turkey dinner. But it always tasted bland to me, so I merely ate it out of politeness.
However, here in Japan produce a pickled turnips by covering the raw turnips in salt and sugar for a few hours then cooling them in the reefer to make a splendid dish.
I play pickleball with a group of housewives and grandmoms. And one of the ladies brings a batch of pickled turnips to nibble on after the games. Good stuff.
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