An eel found in the rivers and bays of the north eastern coast of North America.
A dressing made from oil, vinegar, paprika, sugar, garlic powder, egg yolks, English mustard, Worcestershire sauce and seasoning.
Icing for a cake. It is crusty on the outside but should not be hard throughout. It is made by mixing boiling water with icing sugar and a little cream of tartare. After it has cooled a little it is folded into beaten egg whites.
A cold-tolerant grape which has been developed to produce a wider range of cooler climate cultivars. Felt to be inferior to European grapes.
The American lobster is a variety of lobster found in the waters of New England with a brown to blue-black shell, with particularly large claws. It has firm white flesh with good, sweet flavour. I ate this variety in the Lobster House in Gloucester, Massachusetts in the 60s - a pilgrimage I made when I was living in the United States as I was born in Gloucester, England. They come in three sizes. Jumbo, at 1 kg in weight (2 lb); large at 680-900 g (1.5-2 lb), quarter at 560-680 g (1.25-1.5 lb), chicken at 450 g (1 lb) and chix at less than 450 g (1 lb).
