Photo Montage of my desperation

[Yana]

Please help! I need to know what type(s) of seaweed this salad is comprised of, it's a life or death situation!!! ;) My search here told me it is wakame, is that all? It seems to be more than one type. Web search told me they are usually made of a prepackaged mix, i ordered a seaweed salad mix yesterday but i don't think it will be the same thing. If anyone has tried replicating this infamous japanese seaweed salad I wll be indebted to you for the info, you can have my first born even!!:p

what follows is the child of boredom and desperation:


edited to add: Yes, the photos don't do either of us justice, but i don't think anyone wants to see videos of us dancing and me singing love songs to the salad (i have a terrible voice) ;). so these will have to do, sorry they aren't the best of quality

[Dylan]

LMAOOO Those pictures are hilarous :D

No idea what goes into those.

[Yana]

hehehe thanks :D. Well, you'd better figure it out quick, before someone else does. My first born is up for grabs! The stakes are high :p

Oh yes, comrad, i shot you ze email :with heavy russian accent, for emphasis:

[aliciamatheson]

okay Yana - don't want the firstborn but thanks for the offer -

Seaweed Salad contains: Wakame, Kombu, Agar Agar, Green Nori and Red Seaweed (i think the Agar Agar is the clear looking sea vegetable).

Check out Goldmine Natural Foods for neat stuff.

[Yana]

hahaha!

Thank you!!

[Eva]

This made me laugh... hope Alicia's right... or else we'll see the Photo Montage of your Desperation... Part II :)

[aililiu]

it looks like wakame
but
i have to say,
i dont think its raw. ...

raw seaweed is very dark green-black,
and when its toasted or cooked,
it turns that vivid green colour.

[blaqberry]

hahaha... cute post :)

[Yana]

Thanks Eva, aililiu and blaqberry! :)

Eva- haha, i hope so too!

aililiu- that's what i figured as well, that it can't possibly be raw with that color, sadly :(. i am hoping to make a raw version, at least, just get close enough to that combination of sea veggies

[Lady Green Jeans]

Really cute pics.

I bought the Sea Tangle brand Mixed Seaweed Vegetables (6 oz package). Just checked the bag and it does not say "raw" anywhere like their kelp noodles do. I am going to email the company and ask.

It comes salted and contains: Seawood papulosa (blue, Red), agar-agar, Seaweed stems, Seaweed fusiforme (hiziki), seastring (verrucosa), gufuweed, kelp, montagne, salt.

[aliciamatheson]

The only thing I think that is raw is the raw nori, which you can conveniently buy on Alissa's website. I (big confession here) eat lots of sea vegetables even though they are not raw because they are so good for my sluggish thyroid. Rebel that I am.

[Yeshia]

Really cute pics.

I bought the Sea Tangle brand Mixed Seaweed Vegetables (6 oz package). Just checked the bag and it does not say "raw" anywhere like their kelp noodles do. I am going to email the company and ask.

It comes salted and contains: Seawood papulosa (blue, Red), agar-agar, Seaweed stems, Seaweed fusiforme (hiziki), seastring (verrucosa), gufuweed, kelp, montagne, salt.

Hi I already e-mailed them and they say that they are raw :D

[Yana]

ooo Yeshia, that's fantastic! I'm just sad it comes salted. I ordered another brand, don't recall which, but when it comes i'll definitely post about it.

I have a 50 count package of raw nori that I'm going through quite nicely :D

Thank you for your responses!!!!

[GypsiAnsara]

Hey there -
great pics!
The asian stores have lots of fabulous looking items like the seaweed salads and kimchi and other "preserved" and fermented products - and besides them almost all being cooked, there is MSG in pretty much everything. I have checked extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area stores. :(

[Yana]

Hehe, thanks! I am sure it isn't any different here :(. Heartbreaking, no? Our county seems to ruin everything! haha + :(

[rainbowgirl]

How do you know if nori is raw?

I have no idea on this stuff.....

My wakame and arame are raw. It said they dried them in the sun and packaged them.

And they taste like it, lol. Seeweedy.

[Morn]

you need to get the untoasted kind. It will say on the package.