Agave. A large plant of the aloe family with thick, pointed, fleshy, succulent leaves. It is poisonous when raw, but produces sweet sap which is good for syrups. It produces fermented sap, used in several Latin American countries to make drinks such as pulque, mescal and tequila.
The boletus, porcini or cep mushroom is a rightly highly-regarded edible mushroom this is a large, round, tan to brown boletus mushroom with a swollen white stem and fleshy, broad cap. It has spore-bearing tubes on its undersides rather than gills. This mushroom grows at higher elevations around 1800 ft and can be found in chestnut, beech, oak and pine woods from June to November. It is the mushroom called porcini by the Italians and it is slightly luminous at night. It dries well, intensifying the somewhat yeasty, earthy aroma and flavour still further. In its dried form it adds interest to the taste of stocks and stews, and Simon Hopkinson describes them as like plastic bags full of what, "quite honestly, resembled nothing more than tree bark yet smelt of pigsties". It is as well to cook boletes for quite a long time, simply because of their size. They can be confused with other, less palatable mushrooms, but most of the boletes are edible and some are exceptional. (If gathering mushrooms you must be absolutely certain what you have before you eat them as many are very poisonous.)
"Head foot." A cephalopod is a marine mollusc characterised by bilateral body symmetry, a prominent head, and a modification of the mollusk foot, a muscular hydrostat, into the form of arms or tentacles. The class contains two extant subclasses. In the Coleoidea, the mollusk shell has been internalized or is absent; this subclass includes the octopuses, squid, and cuttlefish. In the Nautiloidea the shell remains; this subclass includes the nautilus.
Cereal refers to farinaceous grain and foodstuffs. These may be made into flour or processed into breakfast cereals or made into porridges.
A soft, pyramidal, fresh goat's milk cheese made from raw milk and dusted with ash. Since the arrival of Marion Conisbee Smith, cheeses such as Cerney Ginger, Cerney Peppers and others are now also being produced. Best English Cheese at 1999 British Cheese Awards.
A soft, pyramidal goat's milk cheese made at North Cerney in Gloucestershire from raw milk and dusted with ash and sea salt. It is a mild, lemony cheese. Since the arrival of Marion Conisbee Smith, cheeses such as Cerney Ginger, Cerney Peppers and others are now also being produced.
A firm, strong goat's milk cheese. Since the arrival of Marion Conisbee Smith, cheeses such as Cerney Ginger, Cerney Peppers and others are now also being produced.
