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Nori is made by shredding edible seaweed and then pressing it into thin sheet. You can find it in Asia food stores.
Water plants eaten as foods include: Dulse (edible seaweed) Nori (edible seaweed, used in sushi maki rolls) Irish moss (contains carrageenan, a food additive) Sea cucumber Laver (edible seaweed)
If the wrap is a type of food such a tortilla, it is edible. If it's paper or cardboard, it is not edible.
Nori or Kombu
Nori is one kind of edible seaweed used in Japanese cookery.
Answer Seaweed is not an animal of the sea's it's a plant.
Sushi is normally wrapped in nori, a green seaweed. There are items sold in some sushi places that are wrapped in a translucent material. This is rice paper and is edible, though it is not traditionally used in sushi.
It really all depends on, if you are buying dryed seaweed to eat or wet seaweed, or some non-edible kind. It also depends on, where you would be buying it.
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mainly Chinese and Japanese cultures because they have the most access to edible seaweed. they use it for stuff like sushi
Nori is an edible seaweed used in the preparation of sushi or onigiri. The seaweed is essentially a wrapper for these dishes.