Other Uses for Seaweed?
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When I was a child, I used to eat Laverbread, a traditional Welsh delicacy, edible seaweed. It's delicious, so I was I was intrigued to see this headline seaweed farmers with high hopes for their harvest.
They are looking at using see seen in a number of ways, animal feed, cosmetics and even packaging material.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-57996627
Have you eaten seaweed, or used in any other way ?
beccatavender I've had an edible seaweed which I forget the name of ...it wasn't cheap -had it from a neighbour as a treat and also have collected and used as garden improver (washed off salt first).
I like seaweed it's often an ingredient used in Asian cuisine.
- The distiller Dà Mhìle sell an organic seaweed gin - https://www.damhile.co.uk/shop/p/seaweed-gin
- It has been used as an ingredient in beer - https://www.williamsbrosbrew.com/beer/kelpie
- Seaweed tea - https://haeckels.co.uk/product/haeckels-metabolism-boosting-seaweed-tea/
- There are sheep on the Orkney island, North Ronaldsay, that mainly eat seaweed. This gives the mutton a dark and intense flavour - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-north-east-orkney-shetland-50794479
I've had seaweed in soup and in a face mask, I know they use it for dye. But it's amazing how many uses it could be used for.
ACR North Ronaldsay lamb certainly has a unique flavour and worth trying if you are in the area. The sheep themselves are not very big not growing much above 15 - 16 inches.
I've been lucky enough to visit North Ronaldsay, as part of a trip to Orkney. I saw the sheep when I went for a walk along the beach
id read it was good to compost, to mix with your normal composting waste. it didn’t rot down very well so have never tried again.
It is used traditionally by many to forecast the weather from elsewhere: The tradition is to hang dried seaweed outside with a nail. If the seaweed stays dry the weather will be sunny and dry. If the seaweed is wet and flexible, as if it had just been from the ocean, then rain is coming. ... It turns out that moisture in the air can be a decent indicator of rain.
Omg, beccatavender, you actually like laverbread?!
Once I've tried it and that was enough.
I think that it's usually served with cockles.
My Mum used to serve it with bacon, I haven't eaten it for years. It just reminds me of being a kid
I used to harvest seaweed as a kid for pocket money. Hard work for very little money but something to do for me and my brother on low tide days during the summer holidays. I've eaten some seaweed in dishes, it's quite common where I'm from. A lady makes all sorts of tins with seaweed based food too, or seaweed salt, seaweed powder etc
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