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.
Usually only the thin stalks are being used with food preparation, because the thick ones can become stern. Chives are mostly used in dishes like salad.
The spheres at the end of the stalks can not be taken for consumption. Consumption can result in serious hallucination or concentration problems.
