A-Z Challenge is
Aging into Longevity
Nori seaweed is one of
the most celebrated
sea plants because of
it's high content of
vitamins A, B1 and
Niacin. It has the
highest protein content
of any seaweed and
contains valuable enzymes that break into calcium
deposits.
Many recognize it as the outer wrapper for Nori Rolls,
without knowing of all it's medicinal benefits.
You can purchase the toasted or plain nori sheets
but I always toast mine, either way. I hold a sheet over
a gas flame until it is slightly wrinkled and then crush
it into small pieces to be sprinkled as a condiment
over food.
I often eat a bag of Nori outside because they're
messy when you crunch them up. Try it,
you'll like it.
Hi Manzanita .. I wrote about the English lady, who the Japanese describe as the Mother of the Sea, as she worked out how to encourage Nori to grow, which led to the great Nori industry from Japan ..
ReplyDeleteI love the seaweed and certainly don't eat it as often as I should ..
Cheers Hilary
Here's the A-Z link of the 2013 series: http://positiveletters.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/m-is-for-mother-of-sea.html
Hilary
DeleteI missed the writing of which you speak. I'll have to look it up. It really is a huge industry in Japan and the people who eat it daily lack the struggle with thyroid that those of us inlanders have to contend with. I have a half a cupboard shelf stuffed full of seaweed packages. I snip off small 1 inch pieces of Kombu and stick a piece in everything that I cook. I remove it when cooked because it's too thick and rubbery for my taste. And there's nothing tastier on a hot summer day, than to sit outside and eat a bag of Nori after a big sweat of mowing the lawn. Hiziki is my favorite for salads but actually I eat it with anything. I have just as much wakame and arame on the shelf. What's a day without seaweed? Sorry, I get carried away when it comes to seaweed. hahaha
Hilary
DeleteThank you for the link. I did somehow miss that M letter of yours but I checked and I was following most of the other letters. When I read it now, I'm sure I had read it but I don't know why "no comment." If I get distracted, sometimes I forget to comment. The important thing is that we are in agreement that Nori is a terrific sea plant.
I'm showing my ignorance here, but are you talking about the sheets for sushi? If that's the case, I was eating them without knowing their health benefits. I just thought they tasted good.
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DeleteI think I'm going cuckoo as I did write a comment to you but it's gone.
Yes and I guess I'm confusing people. Most people call them sushi sheets but I was macrobiotic for many years and we just called them Nori Rolls. Sorry and I don't mean to confuse.
I have never tried seaweed at my sea. Nori sounds like it fills one with everything they need though
ReplyDeletePat
DeleteSince you live so close to the sea, your produce may have enough minerals and vitamines for you and esp iodine.. Our location is miles from salt water in every direction so these people need iodine in other forms. I can remember seeing so many people with goiter when I was young but now, because of transportation, the inlanders get as much sea weed as those living on the coasts.
I just thought they were tasty. Now I learn they're good for me, too. Cool.
ReplyDeleteAl
DeleteIt's a sneaky way of nature to get you to eat nutritious food. Haha
I'm not crazy about raw fish. Just can't wrap my head around it, so I haven't tried the sushi sheets (or nori). I had no idea that they sold them like potato chips (that is what you were talking about when you said you ate them outside?). But, I'm not opposed to the sushi sheets solo.
ReplyDeleteRobin
DeleteI never eat sushi or "raw fish" either. The green wrapper is a sea plant..... it's not fish. That's Nori. That is why I call them Nori Rolls because we put rice and a piece of cucumber and carrot inside and spread pickled plum across the rice. Roll them up and cut. It's a good thing to take on a picnic because the umeboshi paste will keep it fresh. Yuck to raw fish
I'll have to see if I can find any. I like eating outside especially if it is what I'm eating is good for me.
ReplyDeletePatti
DeleteI like to crisp them up even more. A lot of people say they like them and I'm not so sure I would go that far....... but i can eat anything that is good for me. But I really do like hiziki sea weed, especially when I eat rice.
I'm learning lots of interesting things here. Oh! I think I would like the fence at your house too.
ReplyDeletePaula
DeleteThanks for saying you would like my fence. It does look rather sturdy and ranchy but this town is over run with deer and they strip the bark on trees and eat every flower in sight. They were born here so they are almost tame. I saw 2 in my neighbors yard (no fence) as I went to my car this morning.
They taste really good, never knew they were good for me to
ReplyDeleteLove nori. Used to send it for my son's school lunches and everyone wanted to trade with him. Now, though, I worry about getting any nori or other seaweed from Japan, since Fukushima.
ReplyDeletehahah, I'm visualizing you standing outside eating your nori and bits of flakes flying all over the place. Nori is one of my favorite foods. I like crumbling it into soups and beans and rice and. . . .
ReplyDeleteSusie
DeleteThat would be a funny sight but I know someone else who goes outside to eat them. Yes, it would look like green snow on a windy day. haha
I eat Nori rolls more in summer than in winter, my favourite is the chicken teriyaki filling, or the veggie one if the chicken is sold out. I've never thought of crushing up nori sheets to sprinkle.
ReplyDeleteRiver
DeleteRosey just asked where one buys Nori Rolls and I didn't know as I always make my own. Where do you by yours? Rosey is right below your comment.
I haven't heard of them, but now I really want to try it. Health food store, or grocer?
ReplyDeleteRosey
DeleteI've never bought them as I always make them. But I do remember once seeing them at Costco. Perhaps a health food store would have them. I've just never noticed.
Yep you and I have played around with Nori before. I miss our little recipe sessions.
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