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Re:Early Europeans Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years by deaddodo on Thursday October 19, 2023 @03:15PM (#37947333)
In the Republic, they have carrageen; which is a seaweed in the Irish Sea. It's used as a natural thickener and ingredient in foodstuffs like Carrageen Moss Pudding:

https://www.atlasobscura.com/foods/carrageen-moss-pudding

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Re:Early Europeans Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years by perihelions on Thursday October 19, 2023 @04:53PM (#37948571)
That one's used in many other things too! Very popular gelling agent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrageenan#Food_and_other_dom...

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Re:Early Europeans Ate Seaweed for Thousands of Years by talideon on Friday October 20, 2023 @10:30AM (#37956595)
We have dilsk in the Republic too, but it's more of a thing along the Atlantis coasts, not so much the east coast.
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