Lemon juice not working on kelp noodles

[Hippo2Hippie]

I hope it's ok to post about kelp noodles since they aren't totally raw but I like them enough that I'd like to finish off my last bag eventually.

I covered them with warm water and lemon juice and they sat for a few hours. They were still hard and plasticky bit I ate them anyway because I was hungry. This happened w my last bag too. Any ideas whet went wrong?

[walnutty]

I could never get them to "go soft" either, so I stopped purchasing them. I know that probably doesn't help you much, but it is what I ended up doing. I just gave them up all together!

[Hippo2Hippie]

Oh I'm sorry that happened to you too.

I've had kelp noodles out of the same shipment that worked just fine, but these didn't. Hm.

[shoelace]

Usually when I eat mine, they have that rubbery crunchy texture but I don't mind it. The other day though, I had half a package that was sitting in a container of water in my fridge for about a day, and I dried them off and covered them in cashew "alfredo", and then on top of that I put mushroom slices I marinated over night with olive oil and spices, and I don't know what happened, I was freaking out, but, the noodles got so soft for some reason! Maybe it was all the oils...

[Raw Angel Mom]

Rinse them first, then add lemon juice and wait it is soft. I usually keep the lemon juice.

Only use lemon juice NO water. Once this is soft, you can rinse them again with water.

[MysticTree]

On another note entirely, I don't think they are raw. They are highly processed that is for sure. John Kohler has a little vid on kelp noodles. There is not much info in it but it does give pause for thought.

[Raw Angel Mom]

I don't eat them anymore, i have never felt they were good. I much prefer using zucchini or squash or another hard vegetables.

[MysticTree]

I don't eat them anymore, i have never felt they were good. I much prefer using zucchini or squash or another hard vegetables.
Squash and courgette are very good but I also like sea spaghetti which is a type of sea weed - no processing except low temperature drying.

[Raw Angel Mom]

Squash and courgette are very good but I also like sea spaghetti which is a type of sea weed - no processing except low temperature drying.

I think my husband bought that a while ago and i did like it. I will check it out anyway.

Thanks!

[Dent de Lion]

I failed the first several times I tried softening them. I tried lemon juice, apple cider vinegar, marinating in the fridge, marinating at room temp, oily sauces, salty sauces, warming in the dehydrator, and probably more that I'm forgetting. I liked them enough crunchy to keep trying, but mostly I was trying to replicate the texture I had once in a raw restaurant that was incredible.

The last time I tried, it worked! I'm not 100% sure why, but here is what I did:

I drained and rinsed them in warm water. Then, I heated water on the stove to about 110 degrees (my finger was ok in the water) and put the noodles in the pot. Then I took the pot off the burner and put the lid on.

Then, I made a sauce with sesame seeds, red bell pepper, tomato, lemon juice, and celtic salt by blending this all with a little water in my vitamix. Then I drained the noodles and massaged the sauce into them for about a minute (or less.) I put them on a bed of romaine in my bowl, and got around to eating them about 5 minutes later.

They were amazing! The texture was very, very similar to wheat pasta. I bet it would have been even better with oil and pepper, but I'm not eating those.

[Hippo2Hippie]

mystic tree- your first post on this thread leads me to believe that you didn't read what I said at all, since I mentioned up front that they are not raw. I'm scratching my head. thank you for the tip about sea spaghetti though, I may try that. I watched that very video a while back.

dent- thank you for answering my question. that sounds delicious! I may try that. :) I suppose it woudln't even hurt to boil them since they aren't raw.

[MysticTree]

The John Kohler video or one on sea spaghetti?

[Hippo2Hippie]

nope- kelp noodles.. comparing it to kelp. :)

[MysticTree]

The comparison one I know about is by John Kohler. The sea spag one I often link to is by Kate Magic. Both are interesting :)