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[poker player]

I got a gift set of this for my birthday. It is very different from any laver I have eaten before. It is quite flimsy, almost like a spiders web but it is much tastier and saltier than the normal laver you get wrapped around kimpap. The product is all in Korean except for the word "BEST"
I tried looking up info on laver on the web but mainly the sites were wholesalers or trade commissions.
So, I'd like to know just how nutritious this stuff really is. 1 site said that it had no calories and helped fight cancer. Anyone got any insights? I've got 24 packages of this stuff with about 100 sheets (I'm guessing) in each. I think there may be some re-gifting going on.

[joe_doufu]

You can mix it with plain white rice to make it taste good. Also add a dollop of sesame oil and it's a delicious meal. I dont' know how healthy laver is, but I imagine it's a better addition to your diet than pure table salt. I think that's pretty clever.

PS: I clicked on this thread thinking it would be about your Korean Lover

[poker player]

[OiGirl]

I love this stuff! Am completely addicted to it. I don't need anything with it, just eat it plain.

Does anyone use the English word "laver" for this food except for Korean cookbooks written in English?

[Privateer]

I don't. I just say seaweed or 'kim'. Seaweed is wet and slimy though so maybe 'laver' is better. I like the crinkly salty stuff but am not so keen on the chewy slimy stuff in soups.

When I was a kid we bought some seaweed to eat off a man near some lighthouse and it was called 'kelp'. Whether that's a synomym for seaweed, a particular type of seaweed, or seaweed prepared in a particular way I don't know.

[sojukettle]

'Kelp' is a type of seaweed.

[denverdeath]

What about "dulse?" Used to have that when I was growing up. Not me, but it was available to be bought. I don't really like much of the seaweed stuff. While Korean food is pretty good most times, I find a lot of it to be too damned salty. Anyway, I think most kinds of seaweed might be rich in iron and maybe some other stuff.

[plattwaz]

I've read that eating lots of seaweed (kelp, dulse, laver or other, I'm not sure) prevents you from farting.

I try to slip some secretly in the significant other's dinner each night, but usually get caught.....

As punishment, I get the SBDs all night....

[skookum]

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[skookum]

Here's a website with your questions answered:

http://www.leitesculinaria.com/food_history/laver.html

This page contains a recipe for Welsh Laver Bread. For those not wanting all those details, here's the more general information below:


Laver or purple laver (also known as black butter, purple seavegetable, or sloke) is scientifically known as Porphyra umbilicalis. In Chinese it's jee choy; in Gaelic it's sleabchan, sleabhach, or sleadai; in Swedish it's veckad purpurtang — although it's best known, culinarily, as nori, the dried sheets of seaweed used to wrap maki-type sushi. Other Porphyra species that have been used as food include P. linearis, P. tenera, and P. yezoensis........

.....Nutritionally, laver is a very desirable food, yielding high protein (15–37%), low fat (less than 2.5%), good vitamin C, calcium, and iodine, along with traces of other minerals.

[poker player]

Thanks for the info skookum. That is a huge protein hit-I think I'll be tucking into that after a heavy lifting session