[Sca-cooks] Re: Period seaweed recipes

[Lisa Kuney]

Samphire (Crithmum maritumum) has been eaten in the Southwest of England 
from at least medieval times.  It is now called Sea Fennel and is eaten 
pickled.  In German it is called "meerfenchel", and in Italian "Herba di 
San Pietra".  It grows on rocky cliffsides and is mentioned in King 
Lear.  Both Gerard and Culpepper speak of it in their writings.  It 
makes a very unique and aromatic pickle.  I saw it mentioned in modern 
Cornish recipes when I lived there.  I will try to locate some recipes, 
but since it is pickled fresh, am unlikely to locate an American source.

Halima
Raven's Cove