June is the sixth month of the western calendar, full of the promise of summer with the brightness of late spring in the northern hemisphere.
Serviceberry. A luminous purplish berry which tastes similar, and looks akin, to cultivated blueberries.
The juniper berry is the blue-black berry of an evergreen bush which is dried and used in cooking with strongly flavoured foods such as game. Famously used in making gin. I have heard it said that, if you eat sufficient junipers, your wine will develop a scent of violets. You are welcome to try to find out how many. If using in cooking, crush them lightly to assist the release of flavours once it is added to the dish.
A juicy eating apple with a flavour similar to Cox. It has greenish-yellow skin which is flushed and striped with reddish-orange. It is a triploid, which means that it is a poor pollinator. It was raised br Dr F Alston at East Malling Research Station in Kent in 1966 as a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Starking Delicious and received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Garden Merit in 1993. This mid-season variety is harvested from early October in South-East England and is at its best between late October and January.
Jute leaf, molokhia leaves, Nalta jute or Jew's mallow all refer to the same plant. The leaves may be eaten raw or cooked. The leaves have a mucilaginous (thickening) quality that helps thicken soups. In the West the seeds and younger leaves are added to salads while older leaves may be used to make tea. It is mainly used as a herb.
The kaffir lime is not actually a lime, but the leaves and rind are used as if it is a lime. It is a dark green, round, bumpy citrus fruit which lightens in colour as it grows older. It has very little juice.
