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Seaweed makes plants healthier.

Last post 19-04-2008 11:23 PM by Ariadne. 53 replies.

• 10/04/2008 09:25 PM

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  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347

  Reply | Contact It's probably best to check with the owner of the beach before collecting seaweed. If only loose pieces are taken, it shouldn't be a problem.  Well, if every bit was taken everyday from every beach then it might have an impact on the nutrient level of the sea, but it's unlikely that would happen. I believe Agar does come from seaweed - you're probably right about that being used for veggie gelatine.   Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 10/04/2008 09:25 PM

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  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743

  Reply | Contact i thought seaweed was free but bogweevil said that you need proper permission to get it, i think sea weed stinks and i can't see why anyone but the most toughest vegetarian would want to eat it, i know in Japan they like to eat sea weed and someone once brought some tablets for me they were made fromm 100% sea kelp and were alledged to have superior health giving properties, so i opened the container and they stunk to high heaven, I ate some of them and they were minging and eating them didn't make me feel any better at all so i chucked them in the bin. digger

• 10/04/2008 09:28 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact I've never been tempted to eat it  Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 10/04/2008 09:28 PM	In reply to
  Phot's-Moll Location: The sunny South coast. Joined on: 06 Jan 2007 Posts: 3,347	Reply | Contact I've never been tempted to eat it  Whether you think you can do a thing, or think you cannot, you are right.

• 10/04/2008 09:36 PM	In reply to
  Reg Langlois Location: Island of Jersey UK Joined on: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 25	Reply | Contact We have our own goverment in Jersey with diffrent laws to you and I do not know of any ruling regarding taking seaweed off beaches. I know that you are not cribbing. Anyone want to talk about sea lettuce?  That is something that we are pested with. It grows out of the sand.

• 10/04/2008 10:15 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact Well you are better off with your own government because the one we have here is cr*p, and if it were up to me i would tell people to not eat seaweed. On the subject of sea lettuce I have not heard of it at all do you eat that as well in Jersey? digger

• 10/04/2008 10:22 PM	In reply to
  sue1002 Location: Ipswich, Suffolk Joined on: 06 Sep 2005 Posts: 5,200	Reply | Contact I've heard of sea lettuce, it grows like a weed.   I tried seaweed once in a chinese takeaway, it tasted very much like really salty cabbage.  Only had a couple of mouthfuls of it mind.  sue1002

• 10/04/2008 10:24 PM	In reply to
  Dai Dibber Location: Welsh Coast Joined on: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 43	Reply | Contact Reg, Welsh gardeners who live by the coast have been using seaweed for centuries. Your query about seaweed for gelatine etc. I know that there is a vegetarian alternative for gelatine made from seaweed, it is known as Agar Agar, also known as Kanten, and is derived from Kelp. Chase Organics have an excellent seaweed mixture in liquid form. Dai Dibber

• 10/04/2008 10:28 PM	In reply to
  Reg Langlois Location: Island of Jersey UK Joined on: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 25	Reply | Contact No, we stick to eating Jersey Royal potatoes and drink Jersey milk ha ha.

• 10/04/2008 10:34 PM	In reply to
  Dai Dibber Location: Welsh Coast Joined on: 17 Aug 2007 Posts: 43	Reply | Contact Seaweed is considered as a delicacy in Wales, it is called Laver Bread (Bara Law in Welsh) it is widely available especially in west Wales, and is now obtainable in tins. The late Richard Burton said it was Welsh Caviar. It is usually eaten fried with bacon, eggs and cockles, but can be eaten cold.

• 10/04/2008 10:36 PM	In reply to
  Reg Langlois Location: Island of Jersey UK Joined on: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 25	Reply | Contact The sea lettuce stinks to high Heven when it is fully grown and breaks away from the beach and ends up on the hight water mark about two feet deep mixed with sand. I understand that has very little food for the land value.

• 10/04/2008 10:38 PM	In reply to
  Reg Langlois Location: Island of Jersey UK Joined on: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 25	Reply | Contact I am off to bed now and dream about seaweed.

• 10/04/2008 10:51 PM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact I don't really think I would eat seaweed unless i was very very hungry,sue1002, was it expensive to buy in the restaraunt? digger

• 11/04/2008 08:14 AM

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  Anemone Location: County Down, Northern Ireland Joined on: 08 Feb 2008 Posts: 575

  Reply | Contact Here in Northern Ireland we have a kind of edible seaweed called dulce.  I've tasted it and it is a bit like what I imagine the leather sole of a very well used fisherman's boot would taste like, salty and leathery.  There is a famous annual fair in Ballycastle called the 'Aul Lammas Fair' and dulce is one of the speciality attractions.  I much prefer the other one, yellow man, which is honeycomb toffee like the inside of a crunchie bar. Anemone

• 11/04/2008 10:08 AM	In reply to
  Digger Location: Northern UK Joined on: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 4,743	Reply | Contact OOOH it sounds gross Anemone, In London they eat jellied eels in these parts of Lancashire we thankfully don't have any seaweed, and the local cuisine is Black puddings and parched peas and parkin, I am glad that I don't eat sea weed do you eat it raw? digger