A firm, strongly flavoured wheel of sheep's milk cheese which was originally made in Somerset but is now produced in Kent.
A name for Ben Davis. A large variety of eating apple with a yellow and deep red marbled skin having yellowish-white flesh but little flavour. It is a well known southern apple, probably raised in Tennessee, Kentucky or Virginia around 1800. May also be used for culinary purposes. It is a late-season variety, picked from mid-October in South-East England. It keeps well and mellows on storage and is at its best from December to March.
Most American rice is now grown in the lower Mississippi, Texas, California and Arkansas, but was originally grown in South Carolina. Carolina rice is a long-grain rice which swells a lot during cooking. Can be used in sweet as well as savoury dishes.
A drink made for medicinal purposes by various groups of native Americans from the leaves of Ilex cassine. So-called by white settlers.
An obsolete name for Cameo, a dual-purpose modern apple variety, yellow with red flushing with some white speckles which cooks well, retaining its shape. It was a chance seedling of Red Delicious and Golden Delicious. It is a late-season, American apple which appears in late autumn (US: fall) and which has good keeping properties, mellowing on storage. It was formerly known as Carousel.
The carp is a freshwater fish of ponds and sluggish rivers, popular in eastern Europe but originating in Asia. They are usually sold whole, although they can grow to an enormous size. They are inclined to be at their best in winter when the creamy-coloured, firm flesh tastes less muddy. Carp are served traditionally on Christmas Day in much of Eastern Europe but they are eaten in many parts of the world. They are a constituent of gefilte fish. The soft roes are very sought-after.
A cut from the beef primal rib, an end cut of scotch fillet steak, served standing up like a miniature mountain. Pockets in the meat are made by small cuts, into which oysters are stuffed.
