Crawford’s Rock
The super seaweed hand-gathered from the pristine waters around the area called Crawford’s Rock off the County Down coast is the main ingredient in this range of small batch, hand-made, seaweed products like seaweed shots for juicing and smoothies, seaweed infused oils for cooking and seaweed flavoured dipping oils for breads. Crawford’s Rock has a range of Seaweed Salts, Seaweed Botanicals, Seaweed Seasonings and Seaweed Sprinkles as well as a  Seaweed Capsule, they call Vitamin Sea.
Crawford’s Rock have further developed their products to include a range of Seaweed Tea’s they call C2T. The range includes Peppermint with Kombu, Nori Chai, Lemon Detox, and a Goodnight Tea. Along with this they have developed an Artisan Seaweed Chocolate .
These people know all about harnessing the power of this natural superfood, full of iodine, B12 and other minerals and trace elements. They also sell the raw product and organise foraging courses. The workshops include foraging for seaweed and the opportunity to cook with the product in the Seafood Cookery School, Crawford’s Rock will also inform you of the health benefits and how seaweed can be used in the skin care and beauty industry, you can even make your very own face gel or take home a seaweed Spa Bath.
Crawford’s Rock have produced a pocket-sized cookery book to inform you how seaweed can be used in everyday cooking with some old cures and remedies.
Michelle’s small batch and handcrafted products now include an extensive portfolio of seasonings, salts, oils and seaweed shots for smoothies and juicing. In addition, she produces a unique seaweed bath for luxury hotels in the area and a natural soap.
There’s also seaweed capsules which she refers to as ‘vitamin sea’ and a range of seaweed teas, including peppermint, nori chai, lemon detox, and a goodnight tea. She’s certainly demonstrating the versatility of local and natural seaweed.
Check out their Facebook page for details and try some of their fab recipes.
What They Do
Seaweed, food products, seaweed capsules, seaweed teas, seaweed chocolate, cookbook, seaweed baths and foraging courses
Products
Seaweed, Nori and Kelp Seaweed Test Tube Shots, Infused Rapeseed Oil with Rosemary and Serrated Wrack, Infused Olive Oil Sage ,Tarragon, Serrated Wrack and Kelp, Seaweed Salt, Seaweed with Botanicals Peppercorns and Rosemary, Seaweed Seasoning Smoked Maldon with Garlic and Onion, Seaweed Seasoning with Chilli and Sesame Seeds, Rock Laver Sprinkles, Seaweed Spa Baths, Seaweed Tablets in a vegan capsule mixed Seaweeds of Kelp Sugar Kelp and Rock Laver. Seaweed Tea’s, Seaweed Chocolate, Seaweed Cook Book
Awards
Blas na hEireann Irish Food Awards 2020: Best New Product Award for Seaweed Seasoning with Garlic and Rosemary . It also won Best in County Down and a Bronze award. Great Taste Award 2020- 1* for Kombu Peppermint Tea
Where To Buy
Made in Mourne, Carlingford Craft, The Dairy, Born N Bred, Bite to Savour, Farm Shop Saintfield, Facebook