Ginger bread cut into the shapes of men and baked. It is often eaten at Christmas.
The ginkgo leaf cut is a quarter round cut of vegetables, especially large and tapering root vegetables.
Ginkgo nuts are the seeds of the ginkgo tree. The white shells and thin outer skins are removed before cooking. Canned nuts are shelled, skinned and parboiled. Relatively high in vitamin C and carotene, ginkgo nuts appear in nabe, stir-fried, deep-fried and custard dishes. Known in Japanese as ginnan.
Twaite shad or gizzard shad from a family of white, migratory fish. The shad is a bony, tasty, oily fish similar to herring, which travels up rivers in spring and is found in deep lakes. In France it is found in the Gironde where it is often grilled over vine shoots or stuffed with sorrel, and in the Loire, where it may be stuffed with beurre blanc. The roe is a great delicacy and shad is also used raw in sushi. Members of the family include Allis shad (Alosa alosa) and the smaller twaite shad or gizzard shad (Alosa fallax).
Glacé cherries are made by heating them, often more than once, in a strong sugar syrup. As they tend to lose their colour they usually have added red colouring, sometimes rather virulent!
A semi-bush, indeterminate variety of heirloom tomato which grows on a large, potato-leafed plant requiring support. It fruits early in the season, producing round red fruits weighing 50-85 g (2-3 oz).
