A type of ice cream, originally from New Zealand, with little bits of caramel dispersed throughout. It was made by Italians, who also brought it to Scotland where the following ditty is a traditional song: "Hoky-poky, a penny the lump, "The more you eat the more you jump". Apparently it was the cold which made you jump. It is thought that the name derives from the Italian, "O che poco!" (Oh how little! referring, it is said, to the cost).
A variety of small, cherry-shaped chilli in red, yellow or orange.
A variety of yellow eating apple with pink blush raised in Georgia in 1869. This late-season variety is harvested from early October is stored and is at its best from February. I have also seen this described as an apple the colour of holly berries raised and introduced commercially in 1970 at the Agricultural Research Centre in Ohio. It is conical in shape with creamy white flesh.
Holy basil is a variety of basil with clove-like scent widely used in the cooking of India, Thailand and South East Asia generally. The seeds resemble poppy seeds and are often used in drinks in India.
A variety of chilli ripening from green to red.
Home Guard is a first early potato with white skin and flesh. Short oval potato. Slightly more floury than most new potatoes. Boil or fry.
