Salicornia Species, Common Glasswort

I have found there is a supermarket near me do carry 100g packet in produce isle! I bought one just being curious, the taste of it is r...Read Moreather salty. I guess they should be eaten with other food.

I have picked few are firmer and thicker ones to grow, it will be fun to find out how long or whether they will root or not. In theory they can be propagated by cuttings.

It is actually an annual, not perennial!

Thank you Sharilou for posting the link to 'victoriana' in the UK. They have a nice selection of several interesting and hard to find pla...Read Morents, but it turns out that they're not very helpful since they refuse to send even seeds outside the UK (not that I blame them mind you, but all the same again it's of little use to the rest of us).

There's apparently a firm in the NL that will wholesale this delicious but generally unknown culinary plant (outside N. Europe) but at a very steep price, so in essence there seems to be no reliable source outside of the UK, NL and other parts of the EU for now.

Hopefully that could change someday though, especially if chefs (& the rest of us) in the US & Canada get turned on to this prized and trendy culinary treat (that also yields a nice price on menus in many parts of the EU each spring & early summer).

Incidentally, the less 'common names' for this plant that are listed here on DG (i.e., '...glasswort' and 'Poor man's...') is no doubt off-putting, but unfairly so for more than one reason. To start with, the more common name for this plant (in addition to being known as "Samphire" in the UK) is "Sea Asparagus", which is what it is widely known as throughout N. Europe. That's understandable since this delicacy looks like tiny asparagus spears yet tastes even better. It also comes as no surprise that Sea Asparagus perfectly compliments and enhances almost any seafood dish. It also helps to turn ordinary ho-hum fare into a gourmet treat with no more effort than it takes to prepare asparagus.

Also known as Marsh Samphire or Poor Man's Asparagus.
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