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Stop Everything: There’s a New Seaweed That Tastes Like Bacon and Is Better for You Than Kale
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| 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 Universitys Hatfield Marine Science Center say theyve 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 OSUs 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 hasnt 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 its a pretty strong bacon flavor.
Theyve received a grant from the Oregon Department of Agriculture to explore dulse as a special crop and are working with the universitys 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!...............................
To: Red Badger
That’s awesome.......I hope it really taste like bacon. lol
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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))
To: Red Badger
No pigs were harmed in creation of this B.S.
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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.)
To: Red Badger
The Irish have been eating this stuff, or something similar, for a long time.
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:09:20 PM PDT
by
mojito
(Zero, our Nero.)
To: Red Badger
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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.)
To: Red Badger
When you fry it, which I have done, it tastes like bacon, not seaweed. And its a pretty strong bacon flavor. How can it taste more like bacon than bacon does?
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:10:22 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: Red Badger
"...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".
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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)
To: Red Badger
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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))
To: WayneS
I don’t question God’s gifts.....................
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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.............)
To: mojito
I like seaweed, got some prepared snacks in my fridge, and dried in my cupboard.
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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!)
To: right way right
Moo-Shell wants it for use in her school menus.
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:13:10 PM PDT
by
SandRat
(Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
To: marmar
If it truly does, it will hit the market like a new iPhone!..............................
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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.............)
To: Red Badger
What a concept... the un-bacon...
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:13:54 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Red Badger
LOL Does this mean a more healthier BLT?
To: Red Badger
"Dulse seaweed: a new variety, when cooked, reportedly tastes like bacon..."...... New variety? .... do they mean newly discovered or is it a GMO?
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:15:11 PM PDT
by
R_Kangel
( "A Nation of Sheep ..... Will Beget ..... a Nation Ruled by Wolves.")
To: Red Badger
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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)
To: hosepipe
Tomato, lettuce and dulse sandwitches..
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:15:25 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Red Badger
Somehow, Seaweed, Lettuce and Tomato Sandwich (SLT) just does not have the same mouth-watering "ring" as BLT...
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:16:44 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
To: right way right
Some vegetarian somewhere just dropped to his knees for prayers of thanksgiving....
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:17:39 PM PDT
by
hosepipe
(This propaganda has been edited (specifically) to include some fully orbed hyperbole..)
To: Red Badger
Hmmmmmm.
Good point.
I shall have to investigate further...
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posted on
07/16/2015 12:17:48 PM PDT
by
WayneS
(Yeah, it's probably sarcasm...)
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