A cube of concentrated, dehydrated stock. It can be beef, chicken or vegetable based and is often high in salt and Monosodium glutamate. The cube should be dissolved and dispersed in hot water before adding to a dish. These are ready-made and bear little resemblance to a proper bouillon or stock. In general one cube will make 400 ml (¾ pt) stock.
A popular beverage in the Colonial United States consisting of rum combined with brandy, fruit, sugar and spices and left to stand for two to three weeks before drinking.
Bearberry. A small, hard, red berry, rather similar to the cranberry, with a waxy coating and very tart flavour. It is produced on low growing vines in bogs in the north of North America and is used extensively in sauces with poultry.
A large, late, sweet cooking apple with pale green skin striped with orange and red. Cooks to a yellow fluff. It is a modern apple, raised in 1964 by Dr F Alston at East Malling Research Station in Kent as a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and, probably, Lane's Prince Albert. It received the Award of Garden Merit for the Minaret. Slices of this apple verge on collapsing when cooked but just keep their shape. This is a mid-season apple, harvested from late September in South-East England, is stored and is at its best between September and November.
A robust whisky named after Bourbon county in Kentucky. It is distilled from maize mash. Malted rye and barley are then added in varying quantities. It is aged for at least two years in charred white oak barrels. ‘Straight’ Bourbon has not been blended and should contain not more than 80% maize. If it does it must be labelled "corn whisky". ‘Blended straight’ is a mixture of several Bourbons, and ‘blended’ is a mixture of straight Bourbon and a neutral alcohol. Sour mash Bourbon contains some old mash in the mixture and is also the name given to "Bourbon" from outside Kentucky, which is not entitled to the name. If it is not sour mash it is sweet mash, made with fresh yeast. If it is the same thing but does not come from Kentucky, it must be called sour mash.
A biscuit (US: cookie) consisting of two oblong pieces of chocolate biscuit sandwiched together with chocolate cream.
