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Hi Maanghi. This was the only kind of dried seaweed I could find at my local store, I was wondering if either is fine to use? Thanks.
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Those two will absolutely work. Dashi kombu 出し昆布 is what you’re looking for when choosing a Japanese variety of kelp (kombu) meant specifically for soup stock (dashi), and that’s exactly what the left package is. As for the one on the right, the Chinese characters on the gold label (海帶片) literally translate to “kelp sheets.” They may not taste exactly like the Korean varieties Maangchi uses—or each other, for that matter—but the differences should be negligible.
There are many different kinds of dried seaweed. : ) Yes, even though it says dried seaweed, I see it’s dried kelp.