A sweet pickle made from thin slices of unpeeled cucumber cured with onions, and green pepper with mustard and celery seeds, cloves and turmeric.
A pudding made from layers of stale bread covered in butter, dried fruit and sugar topped up with custard, sometimes with a little added nutmeg or mace, and baked.
A sausage made with finely minced (US: ground) veal and pork, with spices including cloves and ginger. They are smoked until they take on a red colour, boiled and then cooled. They are occasionally eaten with bread and butter.
Traditionally a name given by poor people, who dreamed of such things, to hawthorn leaves and flowers.
Fresh breadcrumbs are made from fresh bread processed down to crumb size. They are added to stuffings for bulk and to help them bind. They keep well in an air tight container in a freezer. This is a handy way to use up bread as you never know when fresh breadcrumbs will be required.
Bread flour is made from hard wheat with high gluten content. It gives elasticity to dough as it allows the dough to hold in the air. The flour feels slightly gritty to the touch.
Breadfruit is generally eaten as a vegetable and related to the fig. The fruit resembles a round or oval melon, 20-25.5 cm (8-10 inches) in diameter with a thick, rough, yellowish-green rind which ripens to brown. It is so named because the pale, pulpy flesh around the large central core has a mild flavour similar to fresh bread or globe artichokes. To use, peel it and then either bake, fry or boil it, or it can be made into soup. It can be included in either sweet or savoury dishes. It grows on a tall tree with broad green leaves, providing shade as well as fruit. A well-watered tree can produce as many as 1000 fruits in a year.
