Peking duck. A duck, marinated and hung until it is dry, and then roasted until crisp. It is then shredded and rolled by the diner into thin pancakes with julienne salad vegetables with a soy based sauce and then eaten with the fingers.
Asian pear. There are many varieties of this fruit. Essentially it is round, resembling a large yellow to russet-skinned apple, with a crunchy, grainy texture. It is juicy with an apple-like flavour. Best eaten slightly chilled. Good in fruit salads.
A dry, salted ham smoked over peat. It is dry-cured and rubbed with salt.
Bael fruit; a close relative of the citrus. The fruit is about the size of, and has the appearance of a greyish-yellow orange with a thin woody rind. The floury pulp is pale orange in colour and has numerous seeds. Dried slices are soaked and boiled and the resulting liquid sweetened and drunk. Used for medicinal purposes.
Placid, broad in the beam cattle, commonly called BBB, which grow very fast on a factory produced, protein-rich foods. It doesn't make for tasty beef.
The closest variety to the wild form of curly endive (US: chicory). It has rather upright, lobed leaves. 165 says: Perennial dandelion-like plant with bitter green leaves. The leaves are cut off just above the crown and are then forced so that they produce white, yellow tipped, compact leafy shoots known as chicons from January to March. It can be cooked as a vegetable or eaten raw in salads. The roots have been used as coffee substitute. It is also known as Witloof chicory. Succory. Belgian endive (USA). Endive (Fr). Fat, cigar-shaped. It is also known as Witloof.
