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Stop Everything: There’s a New Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale
Time ^ | 07-16-2015 | Helen Regan

Posted on 07/16/2015 12:05:35 PM PDT by Red Badger

Dulse seaweed: a new variety, when cooked, reportedly tastes like bacon =============================================================================================

The world's most perfect food may have just arrived!

Researchers from Oregon State University’s Hatfield Marine Science Center say they’ve created and patented a new type of seaweed that has the potential to be sold commercially as the next big superfood.

The reason? It tastes just like bacon, they claim.

The bizarre but tasty creation is actually a new strain of red marine algae called dulse that is packed full of minerals and protein and looks like red lettuce.

Dulse normally grows in the wild along the Pacific and Atlantic coastlines and is harvested, dried and sold as a cooking ingredient or nutritional supplement.

“Dulse is a superfood, with twice the nutritional value of kale,” said Chuck Toombs, a faculty member in OSU’s College of Business and a member of the team working to develop the product into a foodstuff. “And OSU had developed this variety that can be farmed, with the potential for a new industry for Oregon.”

The team began researching ways of farming the new strain of dulse to feed abalone, but they quickly realized its potential to do well in the human-food market.

“There hasn’t been a lot of interest in using it in a fresh form. But this stuff is pretty amazing,” said chief researcher Chris Langdon. “When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And it’s a pretty strong bacon flavor.”

They’ve received a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture to explore dulse as a “special crop” and are working with the university’s Food Innovation Center in Portland and several chefs to find out ways dulse could be used as a main ingredient.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; bacon; food; pork; searchworks; seaweed
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Praise the Lord! Kosher Bacon!...............................
1 posted on 07/16/2015 12:05:35 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

That’s awesome.......I hope it really taste like bacon. lol


2 posted on 07/16/2015 12:08:51 PM PDT by marmar ((Although, I may look different then you....my blood still runs..RED, WHITE, & BLUE. RETIRED USAF))
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To: Red Badger

No pigs were harmed in creation of this B.S.


3 posted on 07/16/2015 12:08:59 PM PDT by right way right (Disclaimer: Not a prophet but I have a pretty good record.)
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To: Red Badger

The Irish have been eating this stuff, or something similar, for a long time.


4 posted on 07/16/2015 12:09:20 PM PDT by mojito (Zero, our Nero.)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3312522/posts

A different article on the same subject


5 posted on 07/16/2015 12:10:11 PM PDT by Vaquero ( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And it’s a pretty strong bacon flavor.”

How can it taste more like bacon than bacon does?

6 posted on 07/16/2015 12:10:22 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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"...to find out ways dulse could be used as a main ingredient."

If it really tastes like bacon, then it's not necessarily just an "ingredient".
7 posted on 07/16/2015 12:10:27 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder (The only thing the Left has learned from the failures of socialism is not to call it that)
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To: Red Badger

Yum Yum!


8 posted on 07/16/2015 12:10:32 PM PDT by Fiddlstix (Warning! This Is A Subliminal Tagline! Read it at your own risk!(Presented by TagLines R US))
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To: WayneS

I don’t question God’s gifts.....................


9 posted on 07/16/2015 12:10:54 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: mojito

I like seaweed, got some prepared snacks in my fridge, and dried in my cupboard.


10 posted on 07/16/2015 12:12:08 PM PDT by Dr. Bogus Pachysandra (Don't touch that thing Don't let anybody touch that thing!I'm a Doctor and I won't touch that thing!)
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To: right way right
Moo-Shell wants it for use in her school menus.
11 posted on 07/16/2015 12:13:10 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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If it truly does, it will hit the market like a new iPhone!..............................


12 posted on 07/16/2015 12:13:43 PM PDT by Red Badger (Man builds a ship in a bottle. God builds a universe in the palm of His hand.............)
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To: Red Badger

What a concept... the un-bacon...


13 posted on 07/16/2015 12:13:54 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Red Badger

LOL Does this mean a more healthier BLT?


14 posted on 07/16/2015 12:14:05 PM PDT by Patriot Babe
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"Dulse seaweed: a new variety, when cooked, reportedly tastes like bacon..."

...... New variety? .... do they mean newly discovered or is it a GMO?

15 posted on 07/16/2015 12:15:11 PM PDT by R_Kangel ( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
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To: Red Badger

16 posted on 07/16/2015 12:15:13 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Conservatism: Now home to liars too. And we'll support them. Yea... GOPe)
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To: hosepipe

Tomato, lettuce and dulse sandwitches..


17 posted on 07/16/2015 12:15:25 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Red Badger
Somehow, Seaweed, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich (SLT) just does not have the same mouth-watering "ring" as BLT...
18 posted on 07/16/2015 12:16:44 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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To: right way right

Some vegetarian somewhere just dropped to his knees for prayers of thanksgiving....


19 posted on 07/16/2015 12:17:39 PM PDT by hosepipe (This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
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To: Red Badger

Hmmmmmm.

Good point.

I shall have to investigate further...


20 posted on 07/16/2015 12:17:48 PM PDT by WayneS (Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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