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Green Fade

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An old name for Blue Cheshire, a hard, blue-veined, slightly salty, cow’s milk cheese with an orange colour and fine crumbly texture. Production stopped in 1997.Made with vegetarian rennet so suitable for vegetarians.

green fairy

/green FAY-ree/
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A name for absinthe

greengage

[English] plural greengages

A greengage is a small green plum named after Sir William Gage. He brought them back from France in the 18th Century. Delicious eaten raw as a dessert fruit. Smaller, rounder and sweeter than dessert plums, and are inclined to have green yellow colours.

Green Globe

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A early variety of globe artichoke, appearing around May.

green gram

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Mung bean. Whole green gram. Used for soups and dhals and for bean sprouts.

Green Grape tomato

[English] plural Green Grape tomatoes

This compact, indeterminate cherry tomato heirloom is very recent and prolific. The 2.5-4 cm (1-1½ inch) fruits are yellow-green with a translucent pale green on one end, resembling huge, sweet and juicy grapes. Good in sauces, soups and pastes.

green haricot bean

[English] plural green haricot beans

French beans. Green beans (US: string beans).

greenhead

[English] plural greenheads

A name in New England for large striped bass, a fish closely related to the excellent sea bass of European waters and found along the east coast of the United States. In the north it is likely to be called the rock-fish or rock.

Greening apple

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A green apple with a long season. This is a crisp apple with tart, crisp flesh, good for cooking and eating.

green in snow

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Strongly peppery green mustard leaves with a frilly edge.