Salicornia sp. belongs to the family of the Chenopodiaceae (Amaranthaceae) A plant family that holds among it vegetables like spinach, beet. The young green tips are harvested in a very young stage. That's why we call them sometimes sea asparagus. Besides salts (sodium, potassium and calcium) Salicornia accumulates a lot of minor elements (Iron, Iodium, Cupper...) Fresh Salicornia can be eaten raw or quickly fried . The vegetable fits well with fish dishes.
Sage is a strong flavouring plant which is used a lot in meat-courses, but also with cooking milk. This sage milk is considered as medicinal and calming.
Because of its strong flavour, sage should be used carefully. It easily overrules the taste of other herbs.
