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The Shocking Truth
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:12 pm
by AsianBlossom
Okay, I wanted to say this but I wasn't sure if this should be here or in the Goof Off forum or whatever. So if you guys want, this could just be a thread for bizarre and insane things that are shocking to learn. Like this:
Nori, commonly found in sushi, is NOT really seaweed.
It's algae.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:22 pm
by ChristianKitsune
Algae IS seaweed...XD
It's called Porphyra. It's a Red Algae...but it's a type of seaweed.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:29 pm
by AsianBlossom
It is? Hm, must've missed that.
But the thing is, I always thought that when nori was called "seaweed", it was in the context of the big leafy seaweed, like kelp. But then the whole question of "how'd they find leaves that big to come in sheets" pops up and we're back to square one again.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:32 pm
by ChristianKitsune
hmm the nori seems a bit pressed to me..like I see little flakes, which leads me to believe they sort of process them like paper.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 12:35 pm
by mitsuki lover
The Sargasso Sea is one place in the world that has a high concentration of seaweed.The fact is there is so much seaweed in the Sargasso Sea that ships
have often been stuck there.
PostPosted: Sat Jun 23, 2007 1:06 pm
by Fish and Chips
U.S. General and 18th President Ulysses S. Grant was strongly nausiated at the very sight of blood.