A stew eaten on the day of the killing of a pig. It includes the lungs, lights, head and liver. However, pollo en chanfaina is something quite different, being chicken in samfaina sauce, a Catalan sauce made with tomatoes, onions, aubergine (US: eggplant), courgettes (US: zucchini) and peppers. Made with bacalao and pork as well as chicken. It may also be a stew of goat's offal (US: organ meat) in a thick sauce.
Atherine, Mediterranean silverside or sandsmelt. A common Mediterranean marine fish, usually deep-fried, it is a small, silvery fish similar to the argentine. When tiny it is treated in the same way as whitebait. This fish grows up to 15 cm.
Dublin Bay prawns. Norway lobsters. These are like small, elongated lobsters, pale pink when cooked, with long, narrow claws and a delicious flavour.
Flat lobster. A variety of lobster with a flat tail, shaped somewhat like a slipper, which is the edible part. It makes a noise like a cricket. The Mediterranean slipper lobster is generally used for flavouring soups as it does not carry much meat.
