Pickled samphire - Specimen details
| Catalogue Number: 78828 | |||||
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| No Image | Plant Name | 131.01 CHENOPODIACEAE Salicornia europaea | Entry Book Number | 3:2005 | |
| Artefact Name | Pickled samphire | Vernacular Name | |||
| Iso Country | United Kingdom | TDWG Region | United Kingdom | ||
| Parts Held | Pickled samphire | Geography Description | Norfolk | ||
| Uses | Pickled samphireUse: User: Not defined | TDWG use | |||
| Storage | Spirit | Related Items | |||
| Donor | Helen Sanderson | Donor No | |||
| Donor Date | 22/11/2005 | Donor Notes | Cookie's Crab Shop, Salthouse, north Norfolk | ||
| Collector | Helen Sanderson | Collector No | |||
| Collection Notes | Collection Date | 10/07/2002 | |||
| Exhibition | Expedition | ||||
| Number Components | Publication | ||||
| Notes: | Sold at Cookie's Crab Shop, Salthouse, north Norfolk. Harvested from salt marshes of north Norfolk coast.x0Dx0ACollecting takes place between min-June and mid-September. It is harvested by pulling entire plant with roots by hand (collected by Peter McNesbie)., Larger plants are selected, and those that have gone to flower or seed are not collected. As an estimate, about 10-15 kg/day samphire are collected by Peter.x0Dx0ASamphire is sold in the Crab Shop - served with seafood salads. It is also sold fresh for £1/ba, g (each bag holds about 0.5kg). The shop also pickles samphire for sale in the shop year-round, it is based on an old family recipe.x0Dx0AProduct price (retail): £2.50/large jarx0Dx0A | ||||