Slippery Jack mushroom, also known as the sticky bun. Listed as edible but some people do have allergic reactions to it.
Butter muslin is the British name for cheesecloth. It was traditionally used in cheese-making for straining the milk mixture and squeezing curds. It has other uses in the kitchen for straining broths and so on.
A variety of walnut native to North America producing large, white edible meats which are high in fat. They are generally used in baking. It is also a nara nut.
Nara nut. A seed about the size of a large melon seed from the nara melon,This is an unpromising, low-growing, spiny, cactus-like shrub growing along the coast of south west Africa through Namibia. Both the fruit and the seeds are edible. The ripe fruits are eaten raw and are prized for their high water content. The pulp can be scraped out and squeezed to obtain a potable liquid. The seeds, or nuts, are dried and used for making flour or eaten as they are, like almonds or cooked into a brown pulp and layed out to dry. In its dry form it is eaten as a sort of fruit leather or jerky, a sort of vegetable version of biltong.
A large, cylindrical winter squash which resembles a smooth large peanut with a bulbous base and which has a buttery flavour and yellowish-orange flesh. The hard butterscotch-coloured skin is not edible. I stuff these with cream, Parmesan cheese, butter and lots of thyme.
Two matching wooden paddles with ridges, like small rectangular bats, used to make butterballs. Their use results in a decorative pattern on the butterballs.
Just enough butter for one serving. A plate might be loaded with small butter pats to allow diners to help themselves easily to the required amount.
Nara nut. A seed about the size of a large melon seed from the nara melon,This is an unpromising, low-growing, spiny, cactus-like shrub growing along the coast of south west Africa through Namibia. Both the fruit and the seeds are edible. The ripe fruits are eaten raw and are prized for their high water content. The pulp can be scraped out and squeezed to obtain a potable liquid. The seeds, or nuts, are dried and used for making flour or eaten as they are, like almonds or cooked into a brown pulp and layed out to dry. In its dry form it is eaten as a sort of fruit leather or jerky, a sort of vegetable version of biltong.
Nara nut. A seed about the size of a large melon seed from the nara melon,This is an unpromising, low-growing, spiny, cactus-like shrub growing along the coast of south west Africa through Namibia. Both the fruit and the seeds are edible. The ripe fruits are eaten raw and are prized for their high water content. The pulp can be scraped out and squeezed to obtain a potable liquid. The seeds, or nuts, are dried and used for making flour or eaten as they are, like almonds or cooked into a brown pulp and layed out to dry. In its dry form it is eaten as a sort of fruit leather or jerky, a sort of vegetable version of biltong.
