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    LOVELY LAVER .... ONE OF THE FOOD WONDERS OF THE WORLD

    September 15, 2021 3 min read

    "I love laver seaweed"; a sentence you probably won’t hear often - but I do!

    It has been a foundation of our street food since I started the business. I have built a whole menu around it; its versatility is staggering and the depth of flavour it adds to dishes constantly surprises me........

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    A (VERY) BRIEF HISTORY OF LAVER SEAWEED AND LAVERBREAD IN WALES

    September 15, 2021 2 min read

    No one knows precisely when people in West Wales first started eating laver, some say it was first introduced as a survival food by the Vikings, while others say it goes back to the very first inhabitants of Wales. I am a betting man so I like to bet that it was the first coastal inhabitants, and I would to take a bow to the very first man or women who took that bold step into the unknown world of laver seaweed and put it on their plate....
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    OK - WHY SEAWEED ? ..............

    September 15, 2021 3 min read

    Not convinced about Seaweed ? Then read more here and let us try and change your mind ! .........
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    MOTHER OF THE SEA

    September 15, 2021 2 min read

    In the 1950's, Kathleen Mary Drew-Baker was studying laver seaweed and was able to discover the life cycle of this complicated algae; her discoveries went on to provide vital information which revolutionised and rescued the Japanese laver industry ......
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    TRUFFLE OF THE SEA

    June 18, 2021 2 min read

    Pepper Dulse (Osmundea Pinnatifida) tastes like no other seaweed, it is nicknamed “the truffle of the Sea” and with good reason; it has an intense truffle/mushroom flavour that simply does not belong in a 2cm long frond of seaweed.
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