A suet pudding with raisins, spices, flour and eggs, boiled for 4 hours and then dried in the oven. It is served in slices, either with savoury foods or with custard. It is similar to a Christmas pudding.
When a head of garlic is broken down it can be seen to consist of a number of cloves grouped together.
These seeds are relatively easy to sprout and have a mild flavor, mild crunch and beautiful colour. They are said to be protective against cancer and efficacious during menopause.
Cloves are the unopened flower buds of a tree, dried in the sun and originally found only in the Moluccas in Indonesia. They are now grown commercially in Madagascar, Zanzibar, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. They are used in sweet and savoury dishes. In the United Kingdom they are favoured with ham. Apparently the cloves of Indonesia are now used mainly in the production of a popular brand of cigarette, the Kretek.
Beef steak from the small end of the loin and with no fillet.
The cluster bean is an annual legume and the source of guar gum. It is grown mainly in India.
