Moss. It's What's For Breakfast

[JPK Huson 1863]

No, really. From an 1862 Godey's, a recipe for Irish Moss Jelly.

You just do not know what to say.


But- seems to have been at least known- from an 1871 UK paper


It took 5 pages of searching to find a current use? May be not ' moss ' but a type of seaweed? Ah. Still not quite what I'd like on toast but does not equate in my head with something scraped from the north side of a tree.

https://www.anitasfeast.com/blog/2013/10/feasting-seafood-seaweed-county-sligo-ireland/

 

[donna]

Great find. Unusual to say the least.

 

[RobertP]

No, really. From an 1862 Godey's, a recipe for Irish Moss Jelly.

You just do not know what to say.

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It took 5 pages of searching to find a current use? May be not ' moss ' but a type of seaweed? Ah. Still not quite what I'd like on toast but does not equate in my head with something scraped from the north side of a tree.

https://www.anitasfeast.com/blog/2013/10/feasting-seafood-seaweed-county-sligo-ireland/

We were at a Chinese restaurant just last night and the couple next to us had a seaweed appetizer dish. No thanks!

 

[Malingerer]

Well that one caught my eye. I wrote my dissertation on moss ecology in the Southern Appalachians. FWIW, lots of people also call Spanish Moss a moss when its actually a member of the pineapple family.

 

[Malingerer]

We were at a Chinese restaurant just last night and the couple next to us had a seaweed appetizer dish. No thanks!

I pretty much always go with the fried mozzarella sticks. Definitely no seaweed.

 

[dlofting]

Definitely no seaweed.

Do you have sushi restaurants in your area ?

 

[Jackson'sArm]

Maybe if you dried and ground it and mixed it with flour and oil, then spread with cinnamon butter, sliced, baked and drizzled nicely with a cream cheese icing.

 

[Malingerer]

Do you have sushi restaurants in your area ?

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Asheville. I gave it the old college try but just couldn't acquire the taste - I know you guys in Vancouver have a certain fondness for it - I was there about five years ago and saw sushi joints everywhere. Beautiful place despite all the raw fish and seaweed.

 

[Anna Elizabeth Henry]

I will say there's a very strong likelihood this would've probably been very vitamin rich, despite sounding utterly gross. Deep green vegetation tends to be rich in nutrients. Seaweed is good for you. Mind you I wouldn't eat it either, but to each his own.

 

[GS]

Cherokee Native Americans used moss to pack wounds, and stop bleeding.

 

[Malingerer]

Cherokee Native Americans used moss to pack wounds, and stop bleeding.

Most species of Sphagnum moss are sterile and chockablock full of water.

 

[amweiner]

Trader Joe's also carries toasted seaweed as a snack. It's actually really good!

 

[KansasFreestater]

No, really. From an 1862 Godey's, a recipe for Irish Moss Jelly.

You just do not know what to say.

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It took 5 pages of searching to find a current use? May be not ' moss ' but a type of seaweed? Ah. Still not quite what I'd like on toast but does not equate in my head with something scraped from the north side of a tree.

https://www.anitasfeast.com/blog/2013/10/feasting-seafood-seaweed-county-sligo-ireland/

You must not be an obsessive label reader, as I am! Carrageenan (sim. "carrogeen" in the ad you posted) is a thickener used in many, many modern processed foods, especially ice cream, yogurt, puddings, etc.

 

[RobertP]

I pretty much always go with the fried mozzarella sticks. Definitely no seaweed.

Spring rolls for me, this place has the best!

Pineapple family, really?

 

[John Winn]

Do you have sushi restaurants in your area ?

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We do but I wouldn't eat that either unless I was stranded on a desert island.

BTW, I'll be in your town in August to see the fireworks. Great place.

 

[Malingerer]

Spring rolls for me, this place has the best!

Pineapple family, really?

Yeah, pineapples and Spanish Moss are both bromeliads. I once met a woman down near McAllen, TX who was the (according to her) the leading authority on Spanish Moss and she told her audience that they now have several hybrid cultivars of Spanish Moss available at commercial nurserys with colorful large leaves. Apparently, basic gray doesn't cut the mustard any more.

 

[RobertP]

Yeah, pineapples and Spanish Moss are both bromeliads. I once met a woman down near McAllen, TX who was the (according to her) the leading authority on Spanish Moss and she told her audience that they now have several hybrid cultivars of Spanish Moss available at commercial nurserys with colorful large leaves. Apparently, basic gray doesn't cut the mustard any more.

Off subject a bit but immediately thought of a book you might find interesting if you don't already have it. Flora and fauna the Civil War, by Kelby Ouchley, LSU Press. I know Kelby a little bit, very smart guy now retired.

http://lsupress.org/books/detail/flora-and-fauna-of-the-civil-war/

 

[donna]

Robert that sounds like book to have. Thanks for posting.

 

[LoyaltyOfDogs]

Trader Joe's also carries toasted seaweed as a snack. It's actually really good!

Sounds a bit like the dulse we ate while visiting Nova Scotia. For anyone else who enjoys seaweed, here's some advice for picking-your-own, from The Guardian newspaper: http://bit.ly/2qebCEL

 

[Malingerer]

Off subject a bit but immediately thought of a book you might find interesting if you don't already have it. Flora and fauna the Civil War, by Kelby Ouchley, LSU Press. I know Kelby a little bit, very smart guy now retired.

http://lsupress.org/books/detail/flora-and-fauna-of-the-civil-war/

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Found a copy at abebooks for 3.50. Thanks for the recommendation - looks really interesting. Whenever I visit a WBTS battlefield, I can't help but take in the plant ecology and speculate about the effects it had on the action. A perfect example are the cedar glades at Murfreesboro - dense clusters of cedars with small clearing between. Cedars are very dependent on a calcium-laden substrate and that part of Tennessee is underlain with limestone which is a great calcium source. You sorta get the same thing in the Shenandoah Valley.