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"On an unseasonably warm April evening, I stand on a beach in southern England,
lifting a soggy lump of seaweed to my nose. It smells sharp and tangy. The
hard, flat fronds are logged with tufts of green vegetation, sea water and
sand.
Apparently, this one is best fried.
I am taking part in a seaweed foraging course on the Jurassic Coast, and as we
clamber along the shoreline, with the Sun taking us into golden hour and mist
forming above the sand dunes, our guide Dan Scott gives us some more cooking
advice. "This one becomes mucilagenous – snotlike, a great word – when you cook
it," he says, brandishing another sandy specimen.
As I pick the dry clumps of seaweed from some small rocks, then squeal in
unison with a handful of the other course participants as we tease razor clams
out from the sand with salt (and later release them), I ponder the bigger
picture. Does foraging help us reconnect with nature? I've always assumed so.
And what about the flip side? Is foraging good for the planet?"
Via
Reasons to be Cheerful:
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Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
