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It is interesting how a cultural element, like food habits leading to development of aqueous agriculture, can guide later utilization of the resource in an unfo
by adolph 3y ago
It is interesting how a cultural element, like food habits leading to development of aqueous agriculture, can guide later utilization of the resource in an unforeseen manner.
- waldothedog 3y agoAgreed. I was surprised to read in a John Adams biography about their household use of seaweed as a foodstuff and fertilizer. It makes sense for a community largely based along the ocean coastline, but it’s not something I had heard about in the US… I wonder when the practice waned here
- adolph 3y agoIt was/is a dish in the Northern Europe called “Dulce” in Ireland that somehow fell out of favor, story below. I imagine the evolution was like the lobster, at one point something indentured servants wouldn’t eat, at another a delicacy of sorts. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37943843 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37943843