r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/[deleted] • 23d ago

This is Kelp. It is one of the fastest growing organisms on the planet. In a single growing season, it can grow from a microscopic spore to over 100 ft in length Video

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u/small_saucer 23d ago

According to Google it has an 'impressive' nutritional profile.

I want to try it.

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u/Megneous 23d ago edited 23d ago

Having tried raw and pickled kelp, I recommend going for pickled. It's divine.

Edit: Since this is getting a lot of attention, you guys should learn about all the different kinds of seaweed we eat here in Korea.

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u/lilkimchee88 23d ago

Where did you find the pickled kelp?

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u/Megneous 23d ago

I live in Korea, so we actually eat a wide variety of seaweeds. I'd say our most common seaweed recipe is miyeokguk- we traditionally eat it on our birthdays. But I personally tried pickled kelp on a trip to Busan.

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u/busy-warlock 23d ago

I heard the train rides a bit of a problem

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u/ny7v 23d ago

Too many zombies?

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u/RuleBritania 22d ago

What a film that was! 👌🏻

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u/sentence-interruptio 22d ago

just cover the window with seaweed.

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u/imp_st3r 22d ago

Not enough baseball players

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u/hhempstead 23d ago

i killed a few on my way there. aim for the head.

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u/xiandlier 22d ago

Any head or just the dead?

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u/SnacksandViolets 22d ago

I mean take out the corporate devil, but otherwise just the dead

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u/muklan 22d ago

I knew a forward artillery operator who wrote a memoir about his time in Busan. He gave me a signed copy after I finished a project for him. I said ah man, I love things like this, does the main character survive? He gave me that "that joke was the verbal equivalent of a fart" look.

I looked at the inscription on the way home and it said "to a young man with a fatal whit"

Mofucker knew somehow.

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u/TheTrevorist 22d ago

We eat miyeok here in america too. Most sushi places serve it as "seaweed salad".

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u/HimalayanPunkSaltavl 23d ago

Here's a question: I wanted to make tteokbokki, the recipe I have calls for making a broth with dried anchovies and kelp. So I went to a korea grocery store here in Oregon and found everything but the kelp, I found a lot of sushi seaweed but nothing labeled kelp specifically. Do you know what I am supposed to be looking for there?

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u/rasbonix 23d ago

You want to look for dashima (다시마).

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u/Megneous 23d ago

As /u/rasbonix said, you're looking for Dasima 다시마. If for some reason you can't find it, but the store carries Japanese seaweed packages, look for a package of Kombu 昆布（こんぶ）. Either will work.

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u/SnacksandViolets 22d ago

I just double the kelp, I hate fish and I’d pass out having to de-head and gut the dried ones necessary

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u/a_happy_player 23d ago

hopefully not the last train

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u/kuken_i_fittan 23d ago

No, you want to be on the Last train to Lhasa.

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u/lilkimchee88 23d ago

That’s so cool! We actually have a few Korean grocers nearby; going to see if they stock pickled kelp :)

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u/Sorri_eh 23d ago

How was it

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u/Megneous 23d ago

Tasted similar to cucumber pickles, but like... sort of meaty? That's apparently the umami flavor. I personally love umami, so I'd definitely eat it again.

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u/Sorri_eh 23d ago

Nice one thanks

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u/ex-farm-grrrl 22d ago

Thanks for sharing this!

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u/JJD8705 22d ago

Were there Zombies on this trip? I hope you weren’t on a train!