Word: nori
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Dates: during 2002-2002
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...long ago most Americans thought of seaweed in the same way they did, say, pond scum. But U.S. consumers are munching more nori with their sushi. And they are also eating salads and soups with seaweed--imported and domestic. More than 950 tons of seaweed such as hijiki and nori were imported from Japan last year, up from 554 tons in 2000. Larch Hanson, proprietor of Maine Seaweed Co., has seen orders triple in two years. "Seaweed is healthy, and people are more health conscious," says Bill Morrison, owner of Seaweed Cafe in Southwest Harbor, Maine. Other companies, trying...