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LAVERBREAD
Swansea, Wales
The not-especially-breadlike laverbread (in Welsh, bara lawr) is a dish made from laver, a black seaweed that grows on the rocks along the Gower Peninsula. The laver is boiled for several hours until it forms a jellylike paste—which is then rolled in oatmeal and fried into cakes. The resulting "bread," when layered with bacon and cockles (small, clamlike shellfish, usually harvested from the mud flats around the port town of Penclawwd), is considered the traditional Welsh breakfast. Just something to be aware of, in case you were expecting eggs and toast. Where to find it: The covered stalls of Swansea Market, in Swansea's Castle Square.
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