A dark-skinned variety of fig with meaty flesh and good flavour.
The black kidney bean is a shiny, kidney-shaped beans with black skin, white meat and a slightly sweet flavour. They are used in feijoada and black bean stew.
Cobia. These fish are found in both the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans and are pelagic. Feeding mainly on crabs and small squid, this adds to the flavour of their own, firmly-textured flesh. They are typically served in the form of grilled or poached fillets.
This medium-sized, 10-15 cm (4-6") indeterminate heirloom beef tomato plant with regular or potato leaves has a high, mid season, yield of dark brownish-purple, thin-skinned fruit with heavy green shoulders and reddish-green flesh with green jelly around the seeds. It has been described as "odd looking" but with a good smoky, meaty, salt flavour. It is named after the Crimean (Krim) Peninsula on the Ukrainian Black Sea coast. It requires a hot summer to ripen to full flavour and colour.
If whole black lentils are hulled they are creamy white, which is why they are sometimes called white gram. In the pod they look a little similar to dwarf French beans. They need to be cooked for a long time.
One of the main species of abalone. It has a red, corrugated shell and lives in crevices in rocks and reefs. It is so named because it has a black mantle.
Black lovage or alexanders is a plant with myrrh- and celery-like flavour from the same family as cow parsley. Stems can be prepared as a vegetable and served with butter and black pepper and the roots boiled or candied. It is related to the weed "fat hen" which is used as chicken feed.
