International Laverbread Day
On April 14th, you will find a healthy ingredient that comes from the sea. International Laverbread Day celebrates this dish that has a long history made from seaweed.
Laverbread is the cooked version of 'laver' – porphyra seaweed – a diaphanous red algae that grows abundantly along Wales' rocky coast. The Welsh have traditionally cooked laverbread to make laverbread for centuries, as well as the Welshman's caviar. Laverbread is made by seaweed sautéing and making green gluey sludge, not to be confused with sliced bread. So what's appetizing about it?? Well, laverbread is considered a delicacy by some. For those that are not, it may be an acquired taste. And yet, for some, it's neither acquired nor delicacy..
However, laverbread can be used to many dishes. Despite the lengthy cooking time (8 hours!) laverbread adds a salty sea taste to the dish. Add laverbread to soups, dried and crumbled over vegetables, salads, eggs, and even baked into bread. The Welsh roll laverbread in oatmeal is traditionally baked or spread it on toast before frying or spreading it on toast.
For thousands of years, including laver, humans have been eating seaweed, including laver. Since laver contains more vitamins and minerals than any land-based vegetable, it makes a healthy addition to any meal..
Future food
Laver also produces 80% of the world's oxygen, earning it the name "Lungs of the World." So this "future food" ticks all the boxes for sustainability..
- Requires no land
- No freshwater is required for this task
- Grows are up to 20 times faster than traditional crops, with some crops growing up to 20 times faster than traditional crops
- No pesticides are allowed in Requires
What more could you ask for when shopping for Earth-friendly food? Celebrate the past, culture, and benefits of laver on International Laverbread Day.
How to celebrate #laverbreadday.
- Experience the pleasures of laverbread on April 14th and incorporate it into your recipes.
- Make laverbread at home by making laverbread. Try this dish for 5 Beans on Toast with Welsman's Caviar
- In the deli case, ask your local deli to use fresh laver
- Send your laver recipes to your friends
- Learn more about laver and how to use it
- Using #LaverbreadDay, you can share the day using #LaverbreadDay
History of an international laverbread day has spanned history. i.e
In 2021, The Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company founded International Laverbread Day to share its laver and all of its benefits. Jonathan Williams founded the company in 2011, manufacturing various seaweed-based products. But Laver Seaweed, the company's true love, is Laver Seaweed. Laver seaweed is Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company's champion, if seaweed is the heart of the company infused with Welsh Heritage.
Local food suppliers and the environment come first at Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company, first. They believe in using biodegradable packaging and disposables, renewable energy wherever possible, and embeding sustainability principles at every level of the organization.
About the pembrokeshire beach food company, the pembrokeshire beach food company was founded. www.pembrokeshirecom
Jonathan Williams founded his award-winning company out of a passion for laverbread. In 2010, after quitting a desk job in Swindon, he returned to Wales to run a Welsh seafood delicacies, particularly laverbread made from his local coastline.
Freshwater West's pop-up market stand evolved from a pop-up market stall to a permanent van, where people waited to buy items such as lobster rolls, crab rolls, and breakfast buns stuffed with bacon, egg, cheese, seaweed butter, and laverbread patties, as the company grew from a pop-up market standout to a permanent van over the years. Jonathan has taken up Jonathan's lease at The Old Point House, an iconic old smugglers' inn reached across a tidal causeway on Angle, Pembrokeshire. Work is ongoing to give the venerable pub a new lease on life, as well as a repurposed boat selling street food in the pub garden. In addition, the Pembrokeshire Beach Food Company also has an online shop that sells dried laver (Welshman's caviar), Môr Ketchup (seaweed ketchup sauce), seaweed butter, seaweed pesto, and other items. Jonathan introduced Barti Rum, a seaweed spiced rum, in 2017..
