It lives primarily on the red algae " Corallina officinalis ", after which it takes its name, but is also known to live on Irish Moss ( " Chondrus crispus " ).
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Similarly, in Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago " Gracilaria " spp is boiled with cinnamon and milk to make a thick drink called Irish Moss that is believed to be an aphrodisiac.
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A personal favorite is the ground cover Soleirolia, a creeping herb that is usually sold as Irish moss although it is not a moss and is native to Italy and the Mediterranean islands, not Ireland.
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Scoffers may scoff, jeerers may jeer, but the dozen or so fishermen and other locals who stood gape-jawed by the old Irish moss plant on the harborfront that night aren't backing an inch from their tale.
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At home, she gives free rein to her adventurous tastes and talents as a forager, creating blancmange from Irish moss that she gathers at low tide, and chowders from clams, mussels and periwinkles that she digs.
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It is collected in Ireland and Scotland, together with " Chondrus crispus " as "'Irish moss "', dried, and sold for cooking and as the basis for a drink reputed to ward off colds and flu.
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Museums dedicated to island industry offer history as cultural experience : Summerside's International Fox Museum and Hall of Fame, which reprises the island's fox farming history; Miminegash's Irish Moss Interpretive Centre; O'Leary's Prince Edward Island Potato Museum.
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One year, I was consumed with finding a ground cover for an open space in front of the fish pond, eventually hitting on dwarf mondo after trying and failing miserably to establish Irish moss, Scotch moss and Georgia moss.
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"' Blancmange "'( or, from French " blanc-manger " ) is a sweet dessert commonly made with milk or cream and sugar thickened with gelatin, cornstarch or Irish moss ( a source of carrageenan ), and often flavoured with almonds.
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Rounding the point to the rocky ocean side past a profusion of sweet beach peas, I climb down to a seaweed garden sporting a world of condiments and snacks : bright green sea lettuce, crunchy arame, salty dulse, giant whips of kelp, and to thicken a sauce, Irish moss.
