What is dulse?

[hans89]

Hello everybody,

In the book American Macrobiotic Cuisine I read about a sea vegetable called "dulse," but I have no idea what it is. I searched the net and got the Latin name, but that doesn't help me at all. I'm wondering if there is a Japanese name for it, or if it is available in my country (Germany) at all.

Thanks a lot

-Hans

[Dottie Roseboom]

Hi Hans,

I've only heard dulse referred to as "dulse". It's a purple/red seaweed, that doesn't have to be cooked much. Some people marinate it with cucumbers. It's also good roasted for a few minutes in a dry skillet. I don't believe that it's used as often in macrobiotic cooking as wakame, kombu, & arame.

Sorry that I don't know about its availability in Germany.
Dottie




Dottie

[Bruce Paine]

Hans,

Dulse Palmaria palmata (Linnaeus) Kuntze grows in the Baltic Sea as well:

"Generally distributed around the British Isles. Europe: Portugal, Atlantic coasts of Spain and France, Baltic Sea, Norway, Faroes, Spitzbergen and Iceland. Greenland. Atlantic coasts of North America: Canada, Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Jersey. Further afield: Arctic Sea from the White Sea and Baffin Bay. Pacific coasts of North America, Alaska to California, Japan and Korea."

I don't know where is Germany you can purchase it but on your side of the Atlantic, it can be purchased at Clearspring

and in the Western Hemisphere it can be had through Simply Natural!

Here are two macrobiotic websites in Germany:

Macrobiotik in Berlin

http://www.das-grosse-leben.de/

Maybe they know where to purchase dulse, locally (also, please ask them to put up English translation pages, when you communicate with them!).

Thank you, very much.

Be well, be your best, and be blessed!

Bruce Paine

Originally Posted by hans89

Hello everybody,

In the book American Macrobiotic Cuisine I read about a sea vegetable called "dulse," but I have no idea what it is. I searched the net and got the Latin name, but that doesn't help me at all. I'm wondering if there is a Japanese name for it, or if it is available in my country (Germany) at all.

Thanks a lot

-Hans