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gache

/gosh/
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A type of tea bread with sultanas and mixed peel and spices and made with creamy Guernsey butter. It is traditionally toasted and served with yet more Guernsey butter.

Guinea corn

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Sorghum

Guinea

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guinea fowl

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A bird with dark grey plumage spotted with white which is cooked in the same way as chicken of pheasant. It produces small eggs.

Guinea grains

[English] plural Always plural

Grains of paradise, a type of pepper related to cardamon.

guinea hen

[English] plural guinea hens

Guinea fowl. A bird with dark grey plumage spotted with white which is cooked in the same way as chicken of pheasant. It produces small eggs.

Guinea pepper

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Guinea pepper is a spice from Africa sometimes used as a mild pepper substitute and with a flavour slightly reminiscent of cardamon. The pods are crushed and added whole to soups or stews, then removed before serving any food.

guinea pig

/GI-nee pig/
[English] plural guinea pigs

Guinea pigs are eaten in Chile and Peru and other parts of South America, often grilled. According to someone I know who has eaten it, "it's not very nice and very fatty".

Guinea squash

[English] plural Guinea squashes

A purplish-black, elongated fruit of the same family as tomato, potato and deadly nightshade.

Gujarati

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