'Huge opportunity' as seaweed farmers hope to grow Irish industry

RTÉ News ^ | Thursday, 8 Jun 2023 06:21 | Joe Mag Raollaigh, Agriculture and Consumer Affairs Correspondent

[Olog-hai]

Let them eat cake seaweed . . .

[alexander_busek]

That anything like "edible kelp?"

Regards,

[Jonty30]

I bet it tastes like chicken.

[Celtic Conservative]

You likely eat seaweed a couple of times a week and don’t realize it. Carrageenan is a food thickening agent made from seaweed.

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[Mark17]

I bet it tastes like chicken.

To a seaweed connoisseur, it’s probably better. 😀😆😊 Are there any seaweed connoisseurs out there? 🤗

[Peter ODonnell]

I’ll have seaweed with a side of insect salad and tofu.

And I’ll door-dash it over to the White house.

[Olog-hai]

That comes from carrageen. Dulse is actually carrageenan-free. Nobody has proposed using carrageen to substitute for normal farming, that is as yet.

[poconopundit]

Not a connoisseur, just an American living in Japan and exposed to a variety of seaweed foods.  I've heard, by the way, that seaweed is the coagulant used in ice cream.

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

[Mark17]

Check your Asian grocer to see if they carry it.

EVERY grocery store here, is an Asian grocery store, but I don’t recall ever seeing it.

[9YearLurker]

I hope their ocean is more pure than our ocean.

[Celtic Conservative]

Well, I eat it a couple of times a week as I am fond of rice crackers wrapped in nori.

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[DannyTN]

If you’re going to grow more Irish, you’ll need something for them to drink and potatoes. Lots of potatoes.

[Boardwalk]

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.

[Chickensoup]

People farm seaweed on US east coast And all of Japan. And Ireland. This is far from new.

[Chickensoup]

I like nori.

And red kelp

[Candor7]

Make mine Natto !

[V K Lee]

I'll not turn up my nose. After all, we here in the
South have dined on weeds in our history.

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.

[martin_fierro]

What they sell at Costco is pretty good

[Olog-hai]

Correct, but nobody put it in the context of “carbon sequestration” before.

[poconopundit]

"A weed is a vegetable whose virtues have yet to be discovered" -- Emerson.

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.