Cuisine of Swansea

The cuisine of Swansea (Welsh: Abertawe) is based on the city's long history and the influence of the surrounding regions of Gower, Carmarthenshire, and Glamorgan, Wales. The city has a long maritime, industrial, and academic tradition, and people from many different parts of the world have lived, studied, and worked in the city. The city's distinctive cuisine is based on the ingredients and foods that are associated with the city and the wider region.

A wassail bowl made for Swansea Museum in memory of Lizzie, the Museum's stuffed elephant that stood in the entrance of the Museum for many years. The bowl is inscribed: "Lizzie Swansea Museum" and was made at Ewenny Pottery of red clay with a yellow glaze over a white slip. Lizzie stands on the lid of the bowl following the tradition of decorating the lid with an animal or a sheaf of corn. Christmas carol singing grew out of wassailing which in South Wales is associated with the Mari Lwyd