Seaweed Crackers

OUR guest speaker at a recent Slow Food event was Sally McKenna, author of Extreme Greens, a book about the magic of seaweed.

It was a riveting talk and us seaweed fans learned about such a nutritious form of life.

How fortunate we are in Ireland to be surrounded by 3,000 miles of coastline and a myriad of different seaweeds — all of which are edible even if some are not necessarily particularly palatable. Yet this basic fact comes as a complete surprise to many people.