Gumby Soup

 

Cup of Gumby (seaweed) soup

On Shuyak we cooked the usual meals on the wood stove with one notable addition. The very first night Philip asked if I wanted seaweed soup.  We were just out of town so I was not very hungry, and it did not sound very appetizing.  But to be polite I said, 'yes'. 

Philip collected a couple cups of rock/pop weed from the beach.  He collected just the tender ends and cut them up.  He heated water and added the correct amount of Knorr chicken stock (from package) and the seaweed.  Then brought it to a boil. The soup went from brown to neon green.

It did not look very good. But it was delicious - way better than miso soup. I was amazed. The seaweed thickened up the broth too. We ended up having it every night for the first half of the trip. We called it 'Gumby' soup because the twin seaweed pods look like the bottom of survival suits - locally known as 'Gumby suits'.  So Gumby soup it was.

Patrick

Fucus (popweed), water, and Knorr chicken stock cube

teepee set up - we spent 4 nights here

Evening in the teepee

Breakfast cooking on the wood stove

Reading a book and waiting for dinner to finish in the first cabin (note old frying pan used as heat diffuser)

Mulch View Cabin - the last place we stayed