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Category Archives: Welsh Food Stories

Weeds of the waves – Laver bread

Porphyra umbilicalis,’Bara lawr’, ‘the Welshman’s caviar’. A dark green – or is it red? – or pink or deep brown?[1] – seaweed that is simultaneously the crowning joy and sharpest point of division of all Welsh foods. Crowning joy, because this is a true delicacy, with a deep umami flavour and a rich, smooth texture […]

Posted byCarwynLlwydJanuary 3, 2020February 20, 2020Posted inWelsh Food Stories

Undonog oedd bwyd y Cymry…

Yn ‘Dysgl bren a dysgl arian’, un o’r unig gyfrolau cynhwysfawr yn y Gymraeg sy’n ymdrin â maes hanes bwyd y Cymry, mae R Elwyn Hughes yn creu darlun digon clir o ansawdd diet y werin Gymreig. Roedd ‘ceidwadaeth gysefin y Cymry’ (tud. 274), a’u hamharodrwydd syfrdanol i ddefnyddio’r adnoddau naturiol o’u cwmpas (gw. pennod […]

Posted byCarwynLlwydJanuary 2, 2020February 20, 2020Posted inDiwylliant, Welsh Food Stories

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