Sea-blite

Suaeda maritima

vegetable

Young parts of a very salty shoreline plant, boiled as a vegetable on Java.

Origin

Europe, North Africa, Asia, Australia, North America

Where to find it

In salt meadows, marshes and coastal mudflats; in Europe, it is picked with samphire, on the same mudflats.

Season (United States)

all year round

Preparation

The young shoots are washed well and cooked in unsalted water: the plant is salty already. Its oxalates leach into water: boiling it and throwing the water out takes a good share with it.

Molecules

In small amounts, not counted Insoluble fibersWhat slows things down Oxalates

Did you know?

In English it is called sea-blite.