lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Pardon my ignorance but having never been on a beach holiday before I've never seen one of these What is it? There were a lot of them in the tide line or lying on the beach anchored to rocks. They look a bit like jelly fish up close. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
riohog 5,939 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 sea weed kelp!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Well I wondered because they felt so rubbery and the top (or bottom) bit was spongy and hollow. Not like I would expect sea weed to look Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Malt 379 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Kelp. Bloody land lubbers... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 believe it or not you can eat that. :sick: apparently you can stew it with seafood and it makes it more flavoursome, id think it would make it more salty but there you go. :sick: :sick: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Ewwww no way! It was a smelly and some of it had little hopping bugs all over it :sick: Yes Malt I'm a land lubber .... when I was a kid we went to cottages in Northern Ontario, this sea thing is all new to me Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ghillies 209 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 full of goodness too...used in beauty treatments etc as well Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 full of goodness too...used in beauty treatments etc as well imagine putting that on your face and rubbing it in. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scuba1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 It is also known as sea salad and you can deep fry it. The Japanese use it a lot in their cooking. ATB Michael Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 It is also known as sea salad and you can deep fry it. The Japanese use it a lot in their cooking. ATB Michael is that the crispy swredded see weed u get at chineese restaurants?, i thaught that was differant? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Guest Scuba1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Same family but that one has a slightly thinner leaf. Other then that its pretty much the same thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Same family but that one has a slightly thinner leaf. Other then that its pretty much the same thing. what are the bubbly sea weed then? you know the one that covers rocks and when you step on it the bubbles roll and u fall over, either that or they burts and squirt salty water on u. ( no rude comments) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lurchergrrl 1,441 Posted July 30, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 BTS we had a look at the bubbly stuff too, it was home to a lot of tiny little snails. I wouldn't eat that stuff for anything, but if I'd known it could be used for beauty treatments I would've packed out the car with it Quote Link to post Share on other sites
borntoshoot 1 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 BTS we had a look at the bubbly stuff too, it was home to a lot of tiny little snails. I wouldn't eat that stuff for anything, but if I'd known it could be used for beauty treatments I would've packed out the car with it lol, i think you can dry it and grind it up and use it as a topping for roast dinners and things, thats what they did in a restaraunt in cornwall a few years ago when we were there when we asked what it was they sed it was kelp. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
J Darcy 5,871 Posted July 30, 2009 Report Share Posted July 30, 2009 Lurchergrrl, it is not, i repeat not, a sex toy. BUT, that said, it would look rather good as a wig for the little man.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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