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Double Berkeley

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A reddish marbled wheel of full-fat cheese from the Berkeley Vale in Gloucestershire.

double bock

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The strongest style of lager beer. Perversely, the Belgians and French describe a weak beer in a large glass as a bock.

Double Gloucester

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Made from the whole milk of both evening and morning milkings, the secret was that the rennet was added before it cooled after milking. If you can find farm-made cheeses they can have a lovely natural orange colour but generally they are-coloured with anatto. There are still farm produced versions available and, in an ideal world, this should come from the milk of the lovely Gloucester cow.

double magnum

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Four bottles of Bordeaux wine, a total volume of 3 litres (6.3 pints).

double-skinny-no-fun-with-wings

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This is a typical example of the creation of a new language to order a cup of coffee. Arising in Starbucks in Seattle, this has now penetrated remote corners of the known world.This one translates as "decaffeinated coffee (no fun) with skimmed milk (skinny) to take away, or to go (with wings)." One of the most difficult things to order is a plain, regular, black coffee, The best way to make sure you get that is to order an Americano.

Double Worcester

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Similar to a Double Gloucester cheese, only smaller. This was a Silver Medal Winner at the British Cheese Awards.

Doubs in Franche-Comté

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Douce Provence

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A variety of green pea.

doughnut

/DOH-nut/
[English] plural dougnuts

In the UK a doughnut, when not specified, is a jam doughnut (US: jelly). The dough is wrapped around red jam and deep fried until golden and then sprinkled with sugar. In the US, a doughnut is more likely to mean a ring of dough baked and then iced.

Doughnut peach

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Rings of Saturn peaches. A large flat peach shaped like a doughnut and with white flesh.