follow up to a comment re "agretti"

here is a comment posted on the May 18 entry : about agretti :

it is an ocean grown vegetable, also known as salicornia or seaphire or samphire.

here's a link:

http://www.cnn.com/TECH/9606/18/t_t/saltwater.farms/

kelly

thanks, kelly, for an interesting link

i had googled it up a while ago and this is what i found :

Agretti $3.50
Salsola soda Units or #seeds/pkt.: 50
MO SYAG

a 70 days Agretti/Salicornia, a rare European delicacy, is also prized in Japanese sushi for its unusual, salty flavor. Plants have a beautiful candelabra shape and crisp, crunchy thin leaves. Expensive and highly prized by top chefs, it’s difficult to find. Can be grown in regular soil or in salt marshes.

from this site :

underwoodgardens

we are getting seeds to plant in our wetlands here in Moab / one of the few wetlands in the state of Utah

howsomever, the so-called agretti that was a favorite vegetable in Rome did not seem like a rare delicacy / it was pretty common at the outdoor markets / we ate a lot of it / was not shaped like a candelabra and was not salty

howsomever, the baby tumble weed we picked and ate recently this spring was very very very much like the agretti of Rome

oh i do so love a mystery