What is nori?

Answer 1

Nori is a Japanese name for a kind of seaweed. It is an edible seaweed species of the genus Porphyra, which makes it a cold seawater seaweed. Nori is commonly used as part of sushi food, acting as the wrap around it. Sometimes it will also be used as a food decoration, too.

Answer 2

Nori is a japanese Food product made from seaweed. It is used to bind sushi together as well as with rice balls, and other types of foods.

Source: I have Nori in the pantry that came in my girlfriends bag when she returned from Japan.

Answer 3

Nori is a kind of red algae that turns dark green when dried. It is commonly used in sushi. It has been eaten in Japan for more than two thousand years. For much of this time, the harvest was limited to what could be pulled from rocks at low tide. It was a highly prized, expensive food enjoyed by the Japanese nobility. In the Edo era (1603-1868), modern nori was developed. The governing Tokugawa Shogunate saw the revenue potential of nori and began cultivation on nets in Tokyo Bay. Soon, dozens of times the volume of nori previously produced was reaching markets, and nori began to make its way from the banquets of the rich into the hands, and stomachs, of the masses. It was during this time that nori began to be formed into dried sheets using methods similar to those used in Japanese paper-making. In 1949, the reproductive process of nori was discovered by a British botanist named Kathleen Drew-Baker. Her discovery made predictable and efficient cultivation of nori possible and turned it into a 2-billion-dollar industry.

Answer 4

Seaweed laver