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Oysters need to be grown in clean water so it is fortunate that Jersey was keeping its beaches and sea clean, long before most of the world considered environmental protection important. Jersey continues to work hard to maintain a clean fisheries environment. In 1997 Jersey became the first island to gain Green Globe status. Having such [...] Spider Crab is not often available to eat outside France usually you will see the Brown or Chancre Crab on the menu in a fresh crab sandwich or a fruits de mer. Spider Crab meat is a more sweet delicate meat than that of the Chancre Crab and often proffered by crab eating food connoisseurs. The Spider crab eaten [...] Scallops are one of the great gastronomic delights of the Channel Islands. They are available from restaurants the Fish Market and from the Seafood vans scattered around Jersey. The crystal clear waters around the Channel Islands produce the finest Seafood and the local Scallops are excellent. Scallops grow in a distinctive brightly coloured fan-shaped shell but because of [...] Brown Crab or as it is known in Jersey and the other Channel Islands, “Chancre Crab” is at its best in spring and autumn. In the beautiful Channel Islands there is always lots of fresh locally caught seafood available in the Fish Market and the local restaurants and hotels. Crab is available ready picked or still [...] Lobsters eaten in Jersey and the Channel islands are the European clawed lobsters Homarus gammarus. These are a cold water species of Lobster that live in the northern Atlantic Ocean. Lobsters have blue blood so really are the royalty of sea food. Lobsters when they are raw are usually a dark green or greenish-brown colour but [...] Mussels also called Moules are widely available in Jersey and the other Channel Islands. Jersey Mussels are farmed mainly in the Royal Bay of Grouville by the Jersey Oyster Company. The huge tidal range and crystal clear waters surrounding Jersey make it an ideal place to harvest this seafood delicacy. In 2006 fifteen of Jerseys [...] Black Butter ‘Le Niere Buerre’ The name black butter can be misleading as Black Butter has no dairy ingredients and every effort is made to ensure it does not turn black. The butter part in the name is really a guide to its consistency and the fact you can spread it on bread but equally [...] In the 16nth Century the alcoholic drink of choice for most people in Jersey was cider. Cider remained the tipple of the common man untill the 19nth century. In 1839 over 268.000 gallons of Cider were exported from Jersey it was at the time Jersey’s largest agricultural export with up to twenty five percent of [...] The Jersey Royal potato did not exist before 1880 when Hugh de la Haye had some friends around for a meal. We know this because it is recorded that when they had eaten Hugh showed them a huge potato with 15 ‘eyes’ or sprouts. As an experiment the farmers cut the fifteen eyed potato into [...] |
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