A name for the Moreton Bay bug, a type of sand lobster. Sand lobsters are any of a variety of small crustaceans bearing a resemblance to lobsters. There are many of them, including bay bug, bay lobster, shovel-nosed lobster and rudder-nosed lobster which is similar to a slipper lobster. Moreton Bay bugs and Balmain bugs are available commercially. Moreton Bay bugs are slightly more triangular than the Balmain bug.
Gum Arabic is a natural gum made from the hardened sap extracted from Acacia senegal and Acacia seya and used for emulsifying, stabilising and thickening. It is a complex mixture of polysaccharides and glycoproteins that makes an edible binder that is used primarily in the food industry as a stabilizer. It is edible and has E-number E414. It’s also used in shoe polish and fireworks…..
Gum tragacanth. A viscous, odourless, flavourless gum used in pharmaceuticals and foods as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive (E-number E413)
Gum tragacanth. A viscous, odourless, flavourless gum used in pharmaceuticals and foods as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive (E-number E413).
Gum tragacanth is a viscous, odourless, flavourless, water-soluble mixture of polysaccharides obtained from sap drained from the root of Astragalus adscendens, Astragalus gummifer and Astragalus tragacanthus and then dried. The gum seeps from the plant in twisted ribbons or flakes which can be powdered. It absorbs water to become a gel, which can be stirred into a paste. It is used in pharmaceuticals and foods as an emulsifier, thickener, stabilizer, and texturant additive (E-number E413). and is also used in leatherworking, as a paste to treat burns and as a herbal remedy for coughs and diarrhoea. It is also a component of artists's pastels.
Pigeon pea or Angola pea. This is actually a bean but is called a pea because of its size and shape.
A green, unfermented tea, most of which comes from Oingshui in Zheijian Province. www.tea.co.uk gives a good description of gunpowder tea. After it has been withered it is steamed and rolled into small pellets without breaking the veins in the tea leaves. These are then dried. The pellets look remarkably like gunshot or gunpowder giving the tea its descriptive name. Gunpowder tea has a soft honey or coppery liquor with a herby smooth light taste.
