Sea Vegetable
Ulva lactuca
A tier
Ulva lactuca is sea lettuce—bright green sheet-like fronds, fresh ocean salad flavour, delicate when young. Global green seaweed of clean shores and some aquaculture. High in minerals, light texture. Use fresh in salads; dry into flakes; brief cook only. Species is the classic sea lettuce of European naming. Clean waters only for forage.
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Characteristics
Preparations
Brief CookDry FlakeFresh Salad
Traits
Bright GreenDelicateFresh OceanGreenLightSpecies
History
Coastal peoples worldwide ate Ulva-type green seaweeds.
GB
Sea lettuce entered English natural history and coastal diets.
Chefs revived sea lettuce in modern coastal cuisine.