Rock samphire

Crithmum maritimum

vegetable · herb

Fleshy leaves with an iodine taste of lemon and carrot, pickled in vinegar or raw with fish.

Origin

Atlantic and Mediterranean coasts

Season (United States)

May to August

Preparation

The fleshy leaves are rinsed and eaten raw, in small amounts, with fish or salad, or blanched for a minute; they are mostly preserved in vinegar, like gherkins.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Falcarinol · Insoluble fibers

Did you know?

In King Lear, Shakespeare mentions the man who gathers it on the cliff face: “dreadful trade”.