A Taste of New Zealand - Karengo Part 2

There is no family of foods more protective against radiation and environmental pollutants than sea vegetables. All sea vegetables contain radio-protective properties. One of the more powerful protective elements in sea vegetables is sodium alginate. The alginic acid found in sea vegetation acts as a binding or chelating agent in the body for the radioactive strontium 90 which is now found in vegetables, milk and meat. Not only does alginic acid flush out strontium 90 from the digestive tract, but it also extracts and chelates it from the bone marrow and bloodstream. Researchers at McGill University (Canada) are finding that this extends to all heavy metals.

After the Nagasaki bombing occurred, people who ate a strict macrobiotic diet -including brown rice and miso soup with loads of sea vegetables -did not suffer from radiation poisoning, even though some were within a mile of the explosion!

Karengo Sea Vegetable - Typical Mineral Analysis (parts per million)

Sodium 30960.00 ppm
Potassium 30150.00 ppm
Sulphur 19031.00 ppm
Magnesium 4406.00 ppm
Phosphorus 3999.25 ppm
Calcium 2157.00 ppm
Iron 172.30 ppm
Aluminum 114.30 ppm
Boron 33.40 ppm
Strontium 32.60 ppm
Zinc 27.00 ppm
Manganese 16.30 ppm
Arsenic 14.20 ppm
Iodine 12.00 ppm
Silica 7.00 ppm
Tin / Fluorine 5.00 ppm /ea
Chromium 3.60 ppm
Copper / Nickel 2.70 ppm/ea

Karengo Blue Nose Fish cake

400g firm white fish, Blue Nose is ideal
½ cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons Karengo, chopped
½ onion, finely chopped
1 stalk celery, finely chopped
1 teaspoon Dijon mustard
Salt/Pepper
Breadcrumbs
Flour
Egg, whisked

Method:
1. Gently poach fish in water.
2. When cooked, strain and flake into segments.
3. When cooled, stir in rest of ingredients.
4. Add some breadcrumbs to make malleable- but not too dry.
5. Then mould with your hands to desired shape and crumb, first flour, then egg, then breadcrumbs.
6. Serve with crisp fresh salad, lemon & potato salad.

Potato Salad: boiled potato with capsicum and mayonnaise.