The huss is a species of dogfish with a grey-brown skin with quite pronounced dark spots. Because of its relative similarity to a shark the coarse skin is usually removed by fishmongers. These fish grow to about 80 cm (32”) in length. The flesh is white or pinkish with a firm texture and good flavour. It is boneless. It is also commonly known as the spotted dogfish or nursehound or, in some places, as rock salmon or rock eel. Spurdog, smoothound and tope are all misleadingly sold as huss. It is an excellent addition to soups because of its texture. It feeds on shellfish which flavours its own firm, white flesh. The name huss is also sometimes used in England to describe the dogfish or rough hound (US: small cat).
Field or lablab bean. Like a coarse, floury broad bean (US: fava bean). Chinese flowering bean.
The hygropghore of Mars is a grey edible fungus frequently found near melting snow banks. (If gathering mushrooms you must be absolutely certain what you have before you eat them as many are very poisonous.)
Hyssop is a pungent herb with an aroma redolent of thyme, rosemary and lavender with a minty undertaste, but more subtle. It is excellent with rich or pale meats, particularly rabbit, and is also good with tomato salad. It is used to flavour liqueurs.
Iceberg lettuces are crisp, water, round, tightly packed, compact lettuces with leaves that snap. They lack flavour and are slightly watery to the taste but can make a good vehicle for other softer foods. Nigel Slater describes this as the "white sliced" of the salad world.
An ice cream sundae is a famous ice cream dessert, usually topped with a syrup or sauce of some kind and sometimes decorated with chopped nuts or hundreds and thousands (US: sprinkles) or glacé cherries. Wikipedia (see below) had a special commemorative 119th birthday page on 3rd April 2011.
