The Week contest: Super green
Last week's question: Researchers at Oregon State University have created a new strain of seaweed that has three times the nutritional value of kale and allegedly tastes like bacon when cooked. Please come up with a catchy new name for this super seaweed that will entice even hardened meat-lovers to eat their greens.
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THE WINNER: "Hamburger kelper"
Kevin Spinner, Mill Valley, Calif.
SECOND PLACE: "Seasage"
Brad Plack, Denver
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THIRD PLACE: "Reef jerky"
Marry Sukkar, Tulsa, Okla.
HONORABLE MENTIONS:
"Foie grass"
Mary Sylla, Kentfield, Calif.
"Brine swine"
Jeremy Brownstein, New York City
"Bacon of the sea"
Colleen McEwen, Franklin, Mass.
"Sow weed"
Patricia Sulak, Temple, Texas
"Vitamin sea"
James Smith, New York City
"Pig-in-a-sprig"
Philip Frazier, Naples, Fla.
"Oscar Mare greeners"
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh
"Chicken of the seaweed"
Ken Liebman, Williston, Vt.
"Green veg (sand ham)"
Roxanne Rhodes, New Port Richey, Fla.
"Sea-L-T"
Frank Salomone, Carlisle, Pa.
"Beach bacon"
Tony Sannella, Mill Valley, Calif.
"Speck of the sea"
Kris Lohre, Philadelphia
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