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The thin delicate red seaweed Porphyra laciniata still forms a culinary dish in certain parts of Great Britain. It is eaten either as a salad or, more usually, is cooked and made into a breakfast dish. It requires to be fried in a great quantity of fat. Yarham (1944) reported that the miners of south Wales are the biggest laver eaters in Great Britain. The latest figures (Schmid and Hoppe, 1962) suggest that about 200 tons (203·2 tonnes) are still manufactured annually.
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© 1980 V. J. Chapman and D. J. Chapman
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Chapman, V.J., Chapman, D.J. (1980). Laver or ‘Nori’ Industry and Carragheen or Irish Moss. In: Seaweeds and their Uses. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-5806-7_4
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