Anyone collected and consumed this coastal herb? We have seen a fair bit about it in recent months, it would appear the Poms love it. But while watching Food Lovers Guide recently a lady on Kangaroo Island did a recipe using it and said that the export market was worth a motza seeing as it grows on 99% of our shorelines yet no one eats it in Australia. We found some today and am thinking of giving it a shot. Quite a bitter taste so far.

I’ve only seen it on British cooking shows.

pain master said:

Anyone collected and consumed this coastal herb? We have seen a fair bit about it in recent months, it would appear the Poms love it. But while watching Food Lovers Guide recently a lady on Kangaroo Island did a recipe using it and said that the export market was worth a motza seeing as it grows on 99% of our shorelines yet no one eats it in Australia. We found some today and am thinking of giving it a shot. Quite a bitter taste so far.

i’VE NEVER HEARD OF IT. Will wait for your rrport. Bugger caps lock.

well we rapidly boiled up a bit. Salty and tasted a bit dirty. I suggested we didn’t collect it from the best possible location. We know of another cleaner spot, and we maybe a bit more selective by picking the youngest shoots only. More research required.

It’s common in the salt marshes up here. There’s a huge salt marsh with miles of Samphire on the road into AIMS (Near Townsville for all you southerners). You can’t pick it there though. It’s a marine reserve and part of Bowling Green Bay National park IIRC.

You can eat it raw as a salad ingredient. Definitely go for the younger shoots.

Personally I put in the category of a fair bit of bush tucker. You can eat it, but you wouldn’t want to live on it.

Teleost said:

It’s common in the salt marshes up here. There’s a huge salt marsh with miles of Samphire on the road into AIMS (Near Townsville for all you southerners). You can’t pick it there though. It’s a marine reserve and part of Bowling Green Bay National park IIRC.

You can eat it raw as a salad ingredient. Definitely go for the younger shoots.

Personally I put in the category of a fair bit of bush tucker. You can eat it, but you wouldn’t want to live on it.

Cheers Teleost, I found my little bit out at the Town Common. I do recall seeing it out near AIMS.

pain master said:

Teleost said:

It’s common in the salt marshes up here. There’s a huge salt marsh with miles of Samphire on the road into AIMS (Near Townsville for all you southerners). You can’t pick it there though. It’s a marine reserve and part of Bowling Green Bay National park IIRC.

You can eat it raw as a salad ingredient. Definitely go for the younger shoots.

Personally I put in the category of a fair bit of bush tucker. You can eat it, but you wouldn’t want to live on it.

Cheers Teleost, I found my little bit out at the Town Common. I do recall seeing it out near AIMS.

I’d rather eat warrigal greens and Enchylaena tomentosa with a few quandongs and Brachychiton roots and yam daisies. The snottygobbles are good as are the Acacia oswaldii seeds. The samphire is everywhere on these salty claypans but you’d want to be really hungry. Besides, the pigweed is better.