How to Prepare and Cook Seaweed
Most people don't know that seaweed is used in cooking and is mineral-rich. Laver, sea lettuce and kelp can be boiled so you can eat the leaves. Carrageen seaweed can be eaten uncooked, dried out, or as a gelatin mixture. Here are a few ways to use seaweed in your diet.
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Instructions
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Carrageen gelatin
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Collect the purple Carrageen seaweed on lower-shore rocks, usually during the spring or summer. Use a knife to cut the weeds loose.
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Dry the seaweed to prepare it for cooking. Spread it out in the sun, on a rock, until the strands get pale and leathery.
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Rinse the seaweed thoroughly with water. Slice it into little pieces.
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Soak the prepared seaweed in water and watch it swell. Then put it into the liquid you want to form a gelatin from, usually milk or water. You can thicken soaps with the seaweed as well. Use 1 oz. of dried seaweed for each cup of liquid.
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Cook the water or milk with the prepared seaweed in a pot over a fire for 10 minutes, or until the mixture thickens.
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Separate the seaweed pieces from the cooked gelatin and throw them away. You can sweeten the gelatin with berries or sugar.
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Wait until the mixture is entirely cold to prevent burns. Grab a spoon and dive in.
Other seaweed recipes
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Cook 1 square inch of kelp with your next rice or bean dish.
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Put a 2 inch strip of wakame into any soup.
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Boil kelp, dulse, or Irish moss in a medium pot of water for 30 minutes to make a soup base. Add your preference of seasonings or allow it to cool as a gelatin.
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Dry dulse and clip into tiny pieces to use as a seasoning for anything from meats to soups.
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Tips & Warnings
If you aren't roughing it outdoors, you can buy the seaweed at a health food store, already dried, then prepare and cook it at home on your stove.
