IRELAND: SEA VEGETABLES
Seaweed, or marine algae, or "sea vegetables" might not be the first thing you think about when thinking of food from Ireland, but it's plentiful over there, and it's really good for you. In this photo - in August mind you (check out the winter coats) we forged for it, while we were visiting Galway, with a guide who was an expert on the subject, and we ate the seaweed in the wild, pulled from the sea and rocks along the shore. We stayed in a town called Spiddal, and when searching for things to do, found Mungo Murphy's Seaweed Co. not far from where we were. Mother and daughter, Cindy and Sinead, who ran the company, greeted us as we pulled into the driveway, and then Sinead took us to the beach, nearby, to find edible seaweed in the wild. They also had an abalone and sea urchin farm, and after forging we got a taste of that as well. Me and Sinead forging for seaweed The main algae used in Ireland are dulse, carrageen moss, kelps, and wracks. Carrageen moss,...
