Brunswick cake is a rich sponge cake made with butter, sugar and cinnamon and decorated with almond paste.

A rich cake made with dried fruit and decorated with almonds.

A very large, yellow-amber variety of fig flushed with brown.

Sausage sliced and mixed with gherkins (US: dill pickles), tomatoes, grated apple and cooked green beans. The whole is dressed with a vinaigrette which is based on the juice from the gherkins (US: dill pickles).

A liver sausage with a smooth, spreadable consistency. It is made from pork and pork liver enriched with eggs with coriander (US: cilantro), ginger, mustard, onion and other seasonings. It is usually served at room temperature.

A stew from Brunswick County in Virginia originally made with squirrel or whatever game could be found. These days it is usually made with chicken and vegetables including corn on the cob, okra, lima beans, potatoes and tomatoes.

If a cheese is described as having a brushed rind this means that, during curing, the rind has been brushed with brine, beer, wine or brandy.

To fry in a pan which has been very lightly brushed with oil.

A dish of oysters cooked over a wood fire, served with chow-chow or mustard pickle, butter and cornbread.