Editing Jersey (section)

=== Food and drink ===
[[File:Jersey wonders.jpg|thumb|''Jersey wonders'', or {{lang|nrf|mèrvelles}}, are a favourite snack consisting of fried dough, found especially at country fêtes. According to tradition, the success of cooking depends on the state of the tide.]]

Seafood has traditionally been important to the cuisine of Jersey: [[mussel]]s (called {{lang|nrf|moules}} in the island), [[oyster]]s, [[European lobster|lobster]] and crabs – especially [[Maja squinado|spider crabs]] – [[Abalone|ormers]] and [[conger]].<ref name="Recipes-2022">{{Cite web |title=Jersey Food and Recipes |url=https://www.i-love-jersey.co.uk/recipes-and-food-in-Jersey.html |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=www.i-love-jersey.co.uk |archive-date=5 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220405202132/https://www.i-love-jersey.co.uk/recipes-and-food-in-Jersey.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

Jersey milk being very rich, [[cream]] and butter have played a large part in insular cooking.<ref name="CI report">{{cite web |date=18 January 2010 |title=Market Prospects for Channel Island milk |url=http://www.dairyco.org.uk/library/d-archive/market-information/market-prospects-for-channel-island-milk.aspx |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314221425/http://www.dairyco.org.uk/library/d-archive/market-information/market-prospects-for-channel-island-milk.aspx |archive-date=14 March 2012 |publisher=Milk Development Council |access-date=3 May 2012}}</ref> [[Jersey Royal potatoes]] are the local variety of [[new potato]], and the island is famous for its early crop of Chats (small potatoes) from the south-facing côtils (steeply sloping fields). They were originally grown using [[Seaweed fertiliser|vraic]] as a natural fertiliser, giving them their own individual taste; only a small portion of those grown in the island still use this method. They are eaten in a variety of ways, often simply boiled and served with butter or when not as fresh fried in butter.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://jerseyroyals.co.uk/about-us/ |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=Jersey Royals – Genuine New Potatoes |language=en |archive-date=4 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404134542/https://jerseyroyals.co.uk/about-us/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

Apples historically were an important crop. {{lang|nrf|Bourdélots}} are apple dumplings, but the most typical speciality is black butter ({{lang|nrf|[[Nièr beurre|lé nièr beurre]]}}), a dark spicy spread prepared from apples, [[cider]] and spices. Cider used to be an important export. After decline and near-disappearance in the late 20th century, apple production is being increased and promoted. Besides cider, [[apple brandy]] is produced. Other production of alcohol drinks includes wine,<ref>{{Cite web |title=La Mare Wine Estate |url=http://www.lamarewineestate.com/estate/heritage |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-date=11 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130811042535/http://www.lamarewineestate.com/estate/heritage |url-status=dead }}</ref> and in 2013 the first commercial [[vodka]]s made from Jersey Royal potatoes were marketed.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1 June 2013 |title=Double vodka on the Rock |work=Jersey Evening Post |url=http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2013/06/01/double-vodka-on-the-rock/ |url-status=usurped |access-date=28 August 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130910080046/http://www.thisisjersey.com/news/2013/06/01/double-vodka-on-the-rock/ |archive-date=10 September 2013}}</ref>

Among other traditional dishes are cabbage loaf, Jersey wonders ({{lang|nrf|les mèrvelles}}), fliottes, bean crock ({{lang|nrf|les pais au fou}}), [[Urtica dioica|nettle]] ({{lang|nrf|ortchie}}) soup, and vraic buns.<ref name="Recipes-2022" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=Most Popular Traditional Food in the Channel Islands |url=https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-channel-islands |access-date=18 March 2022 |website=www.tasteatlas.com |archive-date=3 April 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403210132/https://www.tasteatlas.com/most-popular-food-in-channel-islands |url-status=live }}</ref>