Menhaden. An oily fish of American Atlantic waters, it has a large head with no scales and a blotch just behind the operculum with more irregular dots behind. Its back is dark, with blue or green or brown shades, and the sides are silver with a bronze sheen. Menhaden are used mainly for fertiliser or as bait being almost too oily for human consumption, though they have been tinned under various misleading names. It is called bug head or bugfish because of the parastic crustacean it often carries in its mouth.

Menhaden. An oily fish of American Atlantic waters, it has a large head with no scales and a blotch just behind the operculum with more irregular dots behind. Its back is dark, with blue or green or brown shades, and the sides are silver with a bronze sheen. Menhaden are used mainly for fertiliser or as bait being almost too oily for human consumption, though they have been tinned under various misleading names. It is called bug head or bugfish because of the parastic crustacean it often carries in its mouth.

Bugloss is a herbaceous plant similar to borage and with the same uses. Its flowers are also used to prepare a refreshing drink or as a tonic addition to salads.

An implement, a syringe like device, for ladling juices over food as it is cooking.

A mild variety of garlic from Szechuan province bearing a resemblance to a round button onion.

Cracked wheat. Bulgur. Hulled and parboiled wholemeal grain including the wheat germ.

Bulgur or cracked wheat is hulled and parboiled whole wheat grain including the wheat germ. It is steamed, set out to dry and then broken into pieces. It has a nutty flavour and is used in salads such as tabbouleh, pilaf and kibbeh from the Middle East. In North America this is available as #1 = fine; #2 = medium; #3 = coarse.