sea lettuce

Any of several green algae of the genus Ulva, having a membranous, leaflike, irregularly shaped thallus that can be eaten fresh or dried in salads or soups.

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sea lettuce

(Plants) any of various green seaweeds of the genus Ulva, which have edible wavy translucent fronds

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sea′ let`tuce

any seaweed of the genus Ulva.

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sea lettuce - seaweed with edible translucent crinkly green fronds

laver

chlorophyte, green algae - algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water

genus Ulva, Ulva - type genus of the family Ulvaceae; green seaweed having a thallus two cells thick: sea lettuce

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POACHED MONKFISH, SEA LETTUCE, DULSE, PICKLED NORI For the pickled nori: 1 cup seaweed vinegar 1 cup sugar 1 tablespoon salt 2 ounces nori, cleaned and thinly sliced For the fish stock: Bones from 4 monkfish tails 1 onion, peeled and halved 1/2 cup northern bayberry leaves, loosely packed For the dashi: 2 cups duck stock 1/2 ounce dried sugar kelp 1/2 ounce dried hen-of-the woods mushrooms 2 dried black garlic cloves 1 teaspoon fennel seeds, toasted For the dish: 8 1 1/2 ounce pieces monkfish, cleaned and trimmed 1 ounce dulse, cleaned Grape seed oil, as needed White pepper to taste 2 ounces sea lettuce, cleaned and torn into medium pieces Fennel seeds Sea rocket leaves and flowers FOR THE PICKLED NORI: In a saucepan, combine seaweed vinegar, sugar, and salt and bring to a boil.

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From razor clams to sea lettuce and rock samphire, each dish on the eight-course menu will revolve around and focus on a particular ingredient from the chef's recent trip across the border.

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In the mix of sea lettuce and other red and brown seaweeds, sea perch, skate, wolf fish, sea robins, hake, scup, rock crabs and goosefish find their way into our traps.

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