In people's minds, seafood may only include fish, shrimp, crab, shellfish and other "meaty" seafood. However, everyone has ignored another major category, which is also a relatively common "sea vegetable", that is, various algae produced in the sea. For example: kelp, wakame, seaweed and so on. Although these seafoods seem to be relatively low-end, their taste and nutritional value are not low-end at all. So the question is: what are the common edible seaweeds in the coastal areas of Liaoning?
Let's take a look.
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Scientific name: Kelp (brown algae). Commonly known as: kelp, river cabbage, kelp.
Kelp is one of our most common large seaweeds, and it is often seen when visiting the beach, and of course, it can sometimes be picked up. It is widely distributed, especially in the northwest Pacific Region, which is the main production area of the world's kelp. China's kelp producing areas are mainly the Liaodong Peninsula and the Shandong Peninsula; Japan and Russia are also the main producers of kelp in the world.
The algae of kelp are long flattened leaf-like bodies, brownish green, with two longitudinal grooves running through the middle of the leaves, forming a central band, generally 1.5-3 m long, 15-25 cm wide, the longest up to 6 m, and the width up to 50 cm.
kelp
Kelp is rich in kelp polysaccharides, and three kinds of polysaccharides have been found so far: fucoidan, fucoidan, and brown algae starch. It also contains acidic polysaccharides, fucoidan galactosaccharide sulfate, macrophyllectin, galacturonic acid, quinbutin, taurine, bifidofid factor and other active ingredients.
Culture of kelp
The main role of kelp is mainly for eating, feeding and as a chemical raw material; it is needless to say that there are many ways to eat kelp: kelp stewed ribs, kelp tofu soup, cold mix kelp shreds, etc. are the favorite kelp dishes of foodies.
Cold mix of kelp shreds
Kelp pork rib soup
However, it should be noted that due to the abundant iodine content in kelp, patients with thyroid diseases still have to eat less or not eat, and excessive intake of iodine will have an impact on the disease.
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Scientific name: Wakame. Commonly known as: sea mustard, wakame.
Wakame belongs to the perennial large brown algae, and kelp is more common in the dalian sea, its shape is similar to the nepotism, the algae body is brown, soft leather, 1 to 2 meters long, 50 to 100 cm wide, the overall outline is lanceolate, the center has a prominent protruding main rib, the sides are thinner, often form most pinnate lobes, the edge of the lobe is missing, sometimes not divided, fully dense mucus glands. The root-like retainer is fibrous and consists of a pseudo-root with a suction disc at the end.
Wakame
In the Dalian region of Liaoning, Shandong, Qingdao, Yantai, Weihai and other places are the main production areas, and the Zhoushan Islands in Zhejiang are also produced. In addition to natural breeding, artificial breeding has begun. Lushun naturally grows wakame, due to its geographical location, the best quality, the selected wakame its nutrition can be comparable to spirulina.
Wakame is a natural treasure trove of trace elements and minerals, containing more than a dozen essential amino acids, calcium, iodine, zinc, selenium, folic acid and minerals such as vitamins A, B, C and so on. Wakame contains 10 times more calcium than the "King of Calcium Supplements" milk and 3 times more zinc than the "Zinc Supplement" beef.
The method of wakame is mainly cold mixed food, and the various characteristics of cold mix wakame are very refreshing and delicious.
Cold mix wakame
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Scientific name: Fluorosis. Commonly known as: sea hemp thread.
Speaking of the name of sea hemp line, everyone may feel relatively unfamiliar, but around Changhai County in dalian area, sea hemp line is the most popular type of sea algae, especially "sea hemp line bun", which is really the best of all sea vegetable stuffed buns!
The algae of the sea hemp thread are dark brown, tubular, membranous, and up to 50 cm long. The tube is solid at a young age and becomes hollow when mature. Sometimes there will be a contraction in the middle, section by section. Sea hemp threads grow on rocks or in quarry swamps between the high and low tide zones and are easily collected at low tide.
Sea hemp thread
Sea hemp thread is mainly distributed in China's yellow and Bohai Sea areas; every year in February and March is the most tender and freshest season of sea hemp thread, which is also the best time to eat sea hemp line buns.
Xiaobian once met an old fisherman in Changhai County, who said: "If you don't eat a few meals of sea linen buns every spring, you will feel very uncomfortable throughout the spring, and even feel bad about this spring." This shows how important the position of sea linen buns in the hearts of foodies is.
Sea hemp thread buns
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Scientific name: stone cauliflower. Commonly known as: stone cauliflower, sea stone flower.
Stone cauliflower is a type of red algae that can be seen in all major areas of China. Stone broccoli grows upright, has many branches, and is generally 20 to 30 cm long. Stone broccoli grows on reefs in shallow waters and comes in purple-red, brownish-red, yellowish-yellow, and so on.
In addition, there are many other names for stone cauliflower, in the coastal areas of the Bohai Sea, stone cauliflower is called cow maolai, frozen vegetables, in fujian areas is referred to as "stone flower" or "red silk".
Sea stone flowers
The distribution of stone cauliflower is very wide, and it belongs to the world's red algae. China's coastal stone cauliflower resources are very rich, from the Liaodong Peninsula in the north to the coast of Taiwan in the south. However, most of them are still distributed along the coast of The Shandong Peninsula and Taiwan. There are more than a dozen kinds of stone cauliflower produced in China, and different species grow in different seas. Stone cauliflower grows on coral reefs in the sea, and it prefers to grow in waters with clean water, smooth flow and high salinity, mostly purple or dark red. Stone broccoli is transparent throughout, grows like a small tree, and has many irregular branches. Stone cauliflower is also figuratively known as chicken foot vegetable and staghorn because of its appearance.
Stone cauliflower can be used medicinally or eaten. It tastes crisp and tender, and can be mixed with cold vegetables and made into cold powder. Stone broccoli should not be boiled for a long time, otherwise it will melt away. Cauliflower is also the main raw material for refining agar. Agar, also known as watercress, foreign flour, stone flower gum, is an important plant glue, belongs to the fiber food, can be dissolved in hot water. Agar can be used to make cold food, jelly or microbial medium. Cauliflower is rich in inorganic salts and multivitamins .
As an ingredient, the stone cauliflower is mainly cold mixed, refreshing and delicious, chewing in the mouth crunchy.
Cold mixed stone cauliflower
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Scientific name: Seaweed. Commonly known as: seaweed.
In terms of systematic taxonomy, nori belongs to the phylum of red algae, proto-red algae, red hairyceps, red hairy vegetable family, is a class of seaweeds that grow in the intertidal zone, and its distribution range covers cold, temperate, subtropical and tropical seas.
nori
Although species of the genus Nori are found in boreal, temperate, subtropical and tropical seas, there is a rich diversity of species in subtropical to temperate waters. The geographical distribution of seaweed in China also follows this law, mainly distributed in the intertidal zone from the Yellow Bohai Sea to the southeast coast, the natural distribution of seaweed species in the Yellow Bohai Sea is mainly striped seaweed, sweet laver and half-leaf seaweed, and in the southeast coast is mainly altar seaweed, wrinkled seaweed and long seaweed. In addition, round laver is widely distributed along the coast of China, growing from south to north, and is a broad temperature species. Based on natural taxa and habitat environment, two major cultivation areas have been formed in China, namely striped seaweed north of the Yangtze River and tan laver south of the Yangtze River.
Seaweed farming
Altar nori is a unique warm temperate seaweed cultivar in China, the output accounts for about 75% of the total production of seaweed in the country, and the cultivation area is mainly distributed in the coastal areas of Fujian, Zhejiang and Guangdong.
Dried seaweed
Seaweed is rich in protein, carbohydrates, unsaturated fatty acids, vitamins and minerals, and has high nutritional value.
In terms of consumption, seaweed egg flower soup can be said to be one of the most common ways of cooking seaweed, simple but very delicious.
Seaweed egg flower soup
Due to the length of the small editor for everyone to introduce so much, there are many delicious seafood algae, such as: margin moss, sheep perch, etc. are more common, in the future content will continue to introduce to you.
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