| Algae can be useful in many different situations. | | | | Wish to try some mouth-watering algae dishes in |
| Algae are for instance used as food for humans | | | | your own kitchen? Here is a recipe for Seaweed |
| as well as for live stock, and it is also included in | | | | Soup. |
| various health products and cosmetics. Seaweed | | | | Ingredients: |
| is predominately gulped down in South-East Asia, | | | | • 1 pound of ground pork |
| especially in China, Japan, and Korea, but it is | | | | • 2 quarts of water |
| becoming more and more popular outside this | | | | • 1 cube of chicken bouillon |
| range for each year that passes. | | | | • 1 (8 ounce) can of sliced water chestnuts |
| If you want to include more algae in your diet | | | | • 3 sheets of nori (dry seaweed) |
| you can for instance try red algae from the | | | | • 1 egg |
| genus Porphyra for the help In Asian cuisine, this | | | | • Salt to taste |
| alga is commonly referred to as nori. It is not | | | | • 4 green onions |
| commonly eaten fresh; it is instead harvested, | | | | • 3/4 teaspoon of sesame oil |
| dried and pressed into thin sheets. These sheets | | | | What to do: |
| are then used in all sorts of dishes, from sushi and | | | | 1.) Cook the ground pork over medium heat until |
| soups to sauces and condiments. The two most | | | | browned. Use a large saucepan because you will |
| commonly used species of red algae are Porphyra | | | | be adding more ingredients. |
| yezoensis and Porphyra tenera. | | | | 2.) Drain off excess fat. |
| Do you think that you have never eaten algae? I | | | | 3.) Add water and bring it to a boil. |
| think you have! As a matter of fact, the next | | | | 4.) Reduce the heat down to medium again and |
| time you gulp down some ice cream or pour | | | | leave the dish to simmer without a lid on for |
| syrup over your desert you might be eating | | | | roughly 15 minutes. |
| brown algae. Alginic acid, a popular stabilizer for | | | | 5.) Stir in the bouillon cube and make sure that it |
| emulsions and suspensions, is derived from brown | | | | dissolves completely. |
| algae. In addition to the food industry, it is also | | | | 6.) Add the chestnuts. |
| appreciated by paint producers. | | | | 7.) Break the nori into peaces and add to the |
| Brown algae are not the only type of algae that | | | | saucepan. |
| can be used to stabilize food for the help Red | | | | 8.) Beat the egg in a separate bowl. |
| algae are used to make the products Agar and | | | | 9.) Stir in the egg. |
| Carrageenan which works wonders when you | | | | 10.) Add salt to taste. |
| need to stabilize food products such as puddings | | | | 11.) Chop the green onions. |
| and canned meat. Agar is also used by scientists | | | | 12.) Remove the saucepan from the heat before |
| who need to grow bacteria, fungi and cell | | | | adding the onions. |
| structures on a nutritious gel, while Carrageenan is | | | | 13.) Stir in sesame oil. |
| a popular addition to shampoos. | | | | 14.) Bon appetite! |