A variety of mild green chilli, slightly wrinkled, and also eaten when it has fully matured to red.
Fruit compote is a dish in which fruits are gently stewed in syrup and may be thickened with cornflour (US: corn starch) particularly in Nordic countries. This is likely to be made with fruits such as prunes and figs, apricots, fruits that dry well coincidentally.
A fresh fruit salad can be a gorgeous thing, with a variety of fresh fruits cut into bite-size pieces and steeped in fresh juice. It can also in some cases be a matter of opening a tin and plopping it into a bowl. Not so nice.
When Fry's milk chocolate was launched in 1902, the Five Boys picture was featured on the label and the chocolate became known as 'Five Boys Chocolate'. It retained its popularity until it was withdrawn in 1976. The 'Fry's 5 Boys' advertisement was first used in 1885. The photographs were taken by Messrs Poulton & Son. The model was the photographer's son Lindsay and a rag soaked in ammonia was used to achieve the 'desperation face'.
A name for Court of Wick, a variety of russet eating apple flushed blushed with red, which was discovered in Yatton in Somerset at the Court of Wick with Golden Pippin as one of its parents. It is also known as Wood's Huntgindon, because it was introduced commercially by Mr Wood of Huntingdon in 1790. It is a late-season picked from late September in South-East England and is at its best from October until December.
