Atlantic croaker. An Atlantic fish found from Texas to Cape Cod in Massachsuetts. A popular fish for frying.
A variety of croaker or drum fish. A deep-bodied seawater fish which can be cooked in many ways. Croakers or drums are so named because of the croaking and drumming which accompanies their mating.
Hard shell clams are common on the Atlantic coast and are the clams with blue-grey shells and chewy meat, often used in chowders in the US. They are of the same species as the Venus clams and include cherrystone clams, chowder clams, littleneck clams and topneck clams. It was useful to find this breakdown on Wikipedia: “The smallest legally harvestable clams are called countnecks, next size up are littlenecks, then topnecks. Above that are the cherrystones, and the largest are called quahogs or chowder clams”.
Haricot is the name given to a wide variety of bean plants, the best known being the French or kidney bean. They can be of various sizes and colours. Can be eaten fresh or dried (called navy beans in the US), but are always cooked. They include flageolets, small, pale green beans with a low starch content. In their dried form they are used the world over.
A variety of red chilli which I would have called Harlan's Shorter, as it looks as though the tip has been cut off.
A multicoloured, striped orange, green and cream variety of pumpkin or squash.
A Lincolnshire name for haslet, a terrine of finely minced (US: ground) pork and herbs, usually thyme. The terrine is often served hot when freshly cooked, though it will appear as cold slices of meat thereafter. Made with good quality meat, a well made haslet is a pleasure.
Butterfish. A slippery, shimmering, silver seafish with rich, soft white flesh. It is found off the Atlantic coast of the United States, where these were caught. It is good grilled or fried and may be smoked. Fish for market weighs up to 200 g (7 oz).
An old variety of yellow cooking apple known as Harvey and as Dr Harvey recorded since 1629. It is probably an East Anglian apple which was named after Dr Gabriel Harvey, a Master of Trinity Hall, one of the Cambridge Colleges, whose lasting fame is attributed to the fact that he endowed some money to keep a part of the road to London in good repair. Those of us who live in Cambridge commend any effort to keep communications with the capital efficient and applaud his actions. It is a mid-season variety, harvested from mid-September in South-East England and is at its best from September to November.
