Sea Vegetable
Palmaria palmata
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Palmaria palmata is dulse—purple-red Atlantic hand-shaped fronds, bacon-adjacent savoury when fried dry, mineral-chewy fresh or soaked. Celtic and Maritime Canada staple seaweed. Eat dry as snack; fry crisp; add to sodas bread and soups. Species defines true dulse. Flavour is unique among common seaweeds.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Dry SnackFry CrispSoup
Traits
AtlanticChewyMineralPurple RedSavourySpecies
History
North Atlantic coastal peoples harvested dulse for food and trade.
IE
Irish and Scottish dulse traditions were well documented.
Health-food and chef interest revived dulse snacks globally.