Re: Uses for Seaweed?

Serendipity wrote on 16 May 2005 in rec.food.cooking

Quoted message said:

Katra said:

Other than soup?

It is makes a wonderfully relaxing bath. DD uses a lot of seaweed
for sushi. I though sushi was always raw fish, but no it isn't.
She makes a lot of vegetable type sushi. I'm rather fond of the
cucumber based shushi so actually bought the sushi bambboo rolling
mat.

Quoted message said:

I made a wonderful seafood soup awhile back and used this stuff
in it. Dried shredded Kombu seaweed. I have plenty more on hand
as I've been experimenting more with dried oriental foods since
I find them to be inexpensive and storage space savers. ;-)

Today, I used about a dozen dried [censored] in a fritatta for
brunch. I set them to rehydrate last night so they got to soak
for a good 12 hours. Turned out FABulous.

I have some shredded Kombu seaweed soaking right now for
tomorrow's brunch. I'd like to do something different with it,
besides using it for soup. I was considering seeing if it'd make
a suitable pasta substitute. There is a little bit of chicken
left over from an Italian chicken recipe I made a couple of days
ago, as well as about 1 pint of the mushroom marinara sauce in
the 'frige.

Was considering deboning the chicken and chopping it up, and
adding that and the sauce to the rehydrated shredded Kombu
seaweed in an attempt to make sort of a low carb spagetti.

Oh, I don't thing sushi is low carb with the rice though.

Quoted message said:

Does this sound like a good or a bad idea???
Seafood flavors DO go well with tomato, but I'm not sure just
how much flavor, if any, this stuff will have. I've always found
it to be pretty neutral.

TIA!

Dulce <sp??> is a dried seaweed; I have eaten it as a snackfood. Meets
the crunchy & salty criteria.

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Serendipity said:

Katra said:

Other than soup?

It is makes a wonderfully relaxing bath. DD uses a lot of seaweed for
sushi. I though sushi was always raw fish, but no it isn't. She makes
a lot of vegetable type sushi. I'm rather fond of the cucumber based
shushi so actually bought the sushi bambboo rolling mat.

Seaweed bath???

What variety?

No, sushi can be a number of different things, wrapped in sticky rice
and Nori. :-)

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

I made a wonderful seafood soup awhile back and used this stuff in it.
Dried shredded Kombu seaweed. I have plenty more on hand as I've been
experimenting more with dried oriental foods since I find them to be
inexpensive and storage space savers. ;-)

Today, I used about a dozen dried [censored] in a fritatta for brunch. I
set them to rehydrate last night so they got to soak for a good 12 hours.
Turned out FABulous.

I have some shredded Kombu seaweed soaking right now for tomorrow's
brunch. I'd like to do something different with it, besides using it for
soup. I was considering seeing if it'd make a suitable pasta substitute.
There is a little bit of chicken left over from an Italian chicken
recipe I made a couple of days ago, as well as about 1 pint of the
mushroom marinara sauce in the 'frige.

Was considering deboning the chicken and chopping it up, and adding that
and the sauce to the rehydrated shredded Kombu seaweed in an attempt to
make sort of a low carb spagetti.

Oh, I don't thing sushi is low carb with the rice though.

<lol> No, not at all.
I am planning at this point on trying the shredded seaweed as a pasta
substitute. The Kombu is thick enough, it had a similar texture to
noodles in the seafood soup I made last time.

No rice.

Just plain Sashimi is low carb!

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

Does this sound like a good or a bad idea???
Seafood flavors DO go well with tomato, but I'm not sure just how much
flavor, if any, this stuff will have. I've always found it to be pretty
neutral.

TIA!

--
K.

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Monsur Fromage du Pollet said:

Dulce <sp??> is a dried seaweed; I have eaten it as a snackfood. Meets
the crunchy & salty criteria.

I'll have to look in to that, thanks!
When I want salty/crunchy, I usually turn to Chicharones.

Dulce sounds like it'd be lower in calories.
--
K.

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see, I have friends in both places." --Mark Twain

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Quoted message said:

Katra said:

Other than soup?

It is makes a wonderfully relaxing bath. DD uses a lot of seaweed for
sushi. I though sushi was always raw fish, but no it isn't. She makes
a lot of vegetable type sushi. I'm rather fond of the cucumber based
shushi so actually bought the sushi bambboo rolling mat.

Sashimi (sp?!?) is the raw fish stuff, far as I'm aware.

Shaun aRe

Katra said:

In article <[email hidden]>,

Serendipity said:

Katra said:

Other than soup?

It is makes a wonderfully relaxing bath. DD uses a lot of seaweed for
sushi. I though sushi was always raw fish, but no it isn't. She makes
a lot of vegetable type sushi. I'm rather fond of the cucumber based
shushi so actually bought the sushi bambboo rolling mat.

Seaweed bath???

I use Nori as it is easily found in our small community that tends to
have a lack of selection. You can toss in a sheet of Nori or grind it
finer. The sheet will break up by itself. If using the sheet method
you will need to do a quick rinse before stepping out of the tub and
rinse the tub down. Honestly, it relaxes your muscles and sooths your
skin. Unlike epsom salt which I use a lot, the seaweed seems to
penetrate further making you feel very mellow afterward. Add a little
quiet instramental music, a hot cup of chamomile tea, and a candle, boy
life is great!

Quoted message said:

What variety?

No, sushi can be a number of different things, wrapped in sticky rice
and Nori. :-)

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Quoted message said:

I use Nori as it is easily found in our small community that tends to
have a lack of selection. You can toss in a sheet of Nori or grind it
finer. The sheet will break up by itself. If using the sheet method
you will need to do a quick rinse before stepping out of the tub and
rinse the tub down. Honestly, it relaxes your muscles and sooths your
skin. Unlike epsom salt which I use a lot, the seaweed seems to
penetrate further making you feel very mellow afterward. Add a little
quiet instramental music, a hot cup of chamomile tea, and a candle, boy
life is great!

Heh - my wife is a qualified aromatherapist (amongst other things) - I wanna
great bath, I got it, just like that! Thing is, I don't much care for baths
(I'm a shower person) - longer than 10 minutes is really a helluvah lot of
effort for me ',;~}~

Shaun aRe - Oils: Black pepper, ginger, lavender, chamomile, spruce (oh,
there's many others one can use/add too!) = good for tired, aching, tight
muscles. Sage is good for many things, but beware of the sage oils in a hot
bath (no more than a couple of drops!) - they can really lower the blood
pressure and also make you a little high, and see you falling on yo' butt
when getting out, heheheheh...