What is NORI when making sushi?!


Question: What is NORI when making sushi!?
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Nori is natural seaweed that is roasted or dried, and believe it or not is actually a human food consumption item used in oriental cooking!. In particular, the roasted type is most often used as wrappers for making rolled sushi, while the dried type may be used for this purpose as well as making seaweed soup and rice balls!. Nori is sold under many different names, just look for roasted or dried seaweed on the package!. When marine aquarists discovered the nutritional value of nori, being high in carbohydrates, protein, vitamins, and especially minerals, they began using it to feed their saltwater herbivores!. Now people eat it! You can buy Nori in grocery stores but it isn't the best!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

For other uses, see Nori (disambiguation)!.

NoriNori (Japanese: 海苔) (Chinese: 海苔; pinyin: hǎitāi, Korean: ?, kim or gim) is the Japanese name for various edible seaweed species of the red alga Porphyra including most notably P!. yezoensis and P!. tenera, sometimes called laver [1]!. The term nori is also commonly used to refer to the food products created from these "sea vegetables", similar to the Korean gim!. Finished products are made by a shredding and rack-drying process that resembles papermaking!. Japan, Korea, and China are the current major producers of nori, with total production valued at up to US $2 billion per year!.
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What is it, or what is it used for!? It's toasted seaweed and it's used as a wrap for sushi!. American style sushi like California rolls use nori on the inside with the rice on the outside, but more traditional sushi uses it on the outside around the rice!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

The dried sheets of seaweed which one uses to wrap the sushi in, or shred into bits and lay over the sushi!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

Seaweed sheets you can find in your international foods section of your supermarket!. It has a dull and shiny side!.

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Nori is the thin seaweed pressed into sheets & usually used as the wrap around sushi!.

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A seaweed!.Www@FoodAQ@Com

paper thin sheets of seaweedWww@FoodAQ@Com





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