Cuisine of Ceredigion bacon and leeks are added to a pastry-lined dish before being baked. Sand eels (llymriaid) were also eaten as part of the local diet and were usually fried in bacon fat. Lobster and shellfish are an important sea food industry for Ceredigion. However, by the 1980s the lobster stock of Cardigan Bay had become seriously depleted and this led to the Development Board for Rural Wales commencing a restocking programme. As a result, 19,000 baby lobsters were tagged and released off Aberystwyth between 1984 and 1988. Although fishing has been a traditional activity in Ceredigion for generations, fish stocks became
Cuisine of Ceredigion are boiled together with oatmeal to thicken and left simmering for as long as required. The leek is added 10 minutes before serving and the cawl is left to boil. Cawl is a key part of traditional Welsh cuisine and Bobby Freeman noted that it forms "an unspoken part of life" in Wales. Ceredigion is noted for dairy produce which is due to the quality of its pasture. In the past, milk would be sent daily to London to "quench the capital's thirst". As a result, Ceredigion also has an important dairy industry and, in addition to milk, is noted