A name for Adams' Pearmain, a variety of dark crimson, striped, nutty, medium-sized, conical eating apple covered with a fine grey-brown russet, raised in England, probably in Norfolk or possibly Herefordshire, where it is known as Hanging Pearmain. It is a late season variety, harvested from early- to mid-October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best between November and March. In the United States it is harvested in mid- to late October. First recorded in 1826 by Mr R Adams.
Originating in a California gold town where this was the breakfast of choice for fortunate prospectors, this is an omelette containing bacon and oysters. Another contender for the origin is that it was the last breakfast of a condemned man.
A sour variety of greenish-yellow cooking apple with a slight pink blush, thought to have been raised in Hanwell, which is near Banbury in Oxfordshire. It is recorded in 1820. This apple cooks down to a purée. It is a late-season variety is harvested from mid-October in South-East England and is at its best from November to January.
An early and productive tomato cultivar developed in 1910. The 85 g (3 oz) fruit are thin-skinned, well-flavoured and will ripen well off the plant. Can be grown in a cold greenhouse.
A semihard blue cheese made from the aromatic milk of goats which graze on the edge of Dartmoor. This was a Medal winner at the British Cheese Awards.
A hard boiled egg is an egg which has been boiled for something in excess of nine minutes, rendering the yolk and the white sufficiently hard to peel without the contents leaking in any way.
Hard, clear, sometimes coloured sweets made by boiling sugar, glucose and fruit or flavourings with an acid.
