Where to buy Dulse products on the internet
Internet natural food stores where you can buy sea greens products directly online. The USA-based stores have a wider selection. They all ship internationally and often have special offers.
A tip: if you use the search box, enter specific sea greens, like dulse, kelp, agar agar, spirulina, chlorella.
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Dulse
Dulse (Rhodymenia palmata and Palmaria palmata) is a group of red seaweeds that grow on the intertidal rocks, which are uncovered at low tide. It can be found mainly in northern latitudes: on the Atlantic coasts of Scotland and Ireland, Greenland, Iceland, northern France, the North Atlantic coasts of the United States and the Saint Lawrence Estuary in Canada.
Dulse, sometimes called Sea Moss, is reddish in colour with a soft, chewy texture. It has a salty, spicy flavour that makes it a good introductory sea vegetable for beginners.
You may sprinkle it on salad or add to salad dressings; add it to soups, stews, chowders and casseroles; bake it in breads. It complements most cheeses, nuts and seeds, potatoes, tomatoes, most fruits, all salads, all sea vegetables.
It has a long history in Northern European cultures. It has long been used in many different ways in Scotland, including as food, for medicinal purposes, and extracting from it a brown dye for textiles. In some parts of the Scottish Highlands dulse soup was a favourite until the late 1960s and was eaten several times a week if used as a treatment. Traditional medicinal uses have included as an emetic, as a vermifuge, to improve eyesight, to treat constipation, stomach complaints and maladies of the skin. It is known to prevent seasickness and to inhibit the herpes virus.
Dulse has some of the highest iron contents of any food, so is excellent for those with anaemia. It is rich in iodine and manganese. It has a salty flavour and is a good salt substitute, used as a food condiment.
Dulse is also boiled with milk and rye flour, and used as an appetiser or as a relish. This plant can also be roasted, stir-fried or dried. On the Isle of Skye it was boiled and served with butter as a separate dish. The gelatinous substance contained in dulse is a thickening agent and imparts a reddish colour to the food with which it is mixed. It has also been used as a substitute for chewing tobacco.
Dulse is blended into milk drinks, lemon flavoured oils, jellies or just sugar coated, like breakfast cereal. Flour is also made from it. Throughout northern North America, Dulse is appreciated as a beer appetizer.
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