SWIM FORYOUR SUPPER

Why pcy for your post swim snqck when you cqnforcge for it? Asks Susanne Masters

eer derives its flavour from hops and grains but a

common seaweed, that most sea swimmers willhave stepped over to reach the water, is used toclarify it. lrish Moss (Chondrus crispus) is com-

monLy sighted washed up in the high tide line, atthough it isbetter picked fresh from rocks in the water. Even peoplewho don't make beer can find lrish Moss a usefutkitcheningredient as a vegetarian alternative to gelatine in terrinesand desserts. ln fact, seaside and freshwater swimming

spots are home to numerous plants that are worth pickingto take home for dinner, or eating straight away in a postswim cook-up.

0pen water swimming and foraging are natural compan-ions as swimming can work up an appetite, and water cleanenough for swimming is clean enough for ptants growing in

itto be eaten. Foraging can furnish keen cooks with ingre-dients that are not only particularlyfresh, but sometimeshard to find in shops or prohibitively expensive. The most

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