Everything about Laver Seaweed totally explained
Laver is an
edible seaweed that has high content of
mineral salts, particularly
iodine and
iron. It is smooth and fine, often clinging to rocks. Laver is common around the west coast of
Britain and east coast of
Ireland along the
Irish Sea. The two principal varieties are
purple laver (
Porphyra laciniata) and
green laver (
Ulva latissima). Another variety of sea spinach is called
sloke (
Porphyra umbilicalis). This tends to be a brownish colour, but boils down to a dark green pulp when prepared. The high iodine content gives the seaweed a distinctive flavour in common with
olives and
oysters.
Cultivation
Laver and sloke cultivation is typically associated with
Wales, although similar farming methods are used in west coast of
Scotland. Indeed, more laver and sloke is now produced in Scotland than in Wales.
Laver is plucked from the rocks and given a preliminary rinse in clear water. The collected laver is repeatedly washed to remove sand and boiled for hours until it becomes a stiff green mush. In this state the laver can be preserved for about a week. Typically during the 18th century the mush was packed into a
crock and sold as "Potted laver".
Recipes
Laver can be eaten cold as a
salad with
lamb or
mutton. A simple preparation is to heat the laver and to add butter and the juice of a
lemon or
Seville orange. Laver can be heated and served with boiled
bacon. When prepared with oatmeal, it's used to make the Welsh dish known as
laverbread. Similarly, sloke can be prepared with
cream,
oatmeal and seasoning into sloke cakes.
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