Save your money. We got loads of the stuff down the road, near the salt marshes, just round the corner from the sewage works. It thrives when there are plenty of nutrients in the water and it can grow at up to 50 cm per day in some countries! I’ll bag you up a couple of kilos & pop it in the post, if you like? 🙂
Seriously though, the dried stuff in the packets tastes a lot better than one might imagine. That particular species is widely used in the Far East both in cooking and for dipping seafood at table. It is added to dried beans during cooking, because it helps soften them, thus making them cook faster. Apparently, it also breaks down indigestible sugars in the beans, thus reducing their tendency to cause flatulence!
Better known here in Old Blighty as Kelp, it is a rich source of vitamin B9, vitamin K and magnesium, and is widely sold in health food shops as a dietary supplement. Recent research at Newcastle University suggests that it reduces the human body ‘s fat absorption too.
This could be the food of the future, you know 😉
Save your money. We got loads of the stuff down the road, near the salt marshes, just round the corner from the sewage works. It thrives when there are plenty of nutrients in the water and it can grow at up to 50 cm per day in some countries! I’ll bag you up a couple of kilos & pop it in the post, if you like? 🙂
Seriously though, the dried stuff in the packets tastes a lot better than one might imagine. That particular species is widely used in the Far East both in cooking and for dipping seafood at table. It is added to dried beans during cooking, because it helps soften them, thus making them cook faster. Apparently, it also breaks down indigestible sugars in the beans, thus reducing their tendency to cause flatulence!
Better known here in Old Blighty as Kelp, it is a rich source of vitamin B9, vitamin K and magnesium, and is widely sold in health food shops as a dietary supplement. Recent research at Newcastle University suggests that it reduces the human body ‘s fat absorption too.
This could be the food of the future, you know 😉
Best wishes, G.