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Seaweed and How to Eat It

Buying and storing, preparing, best cooking methods, substitutions, and more.

Published August 7, 2023

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Seaweed — also called sea greens — are almost always are sold dried so their flavor is rather concentrated. For the most part, they’re harvested wild. With the exception of sea beans (samphire), which is sometimes available fresh as branches of a whole plant, we eat primarily the leaves. 

Here are the sea greens you’re likely to find in supermarkets, natural food stores, and Asian markets: 

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