Kaffir lime leaves are aromatic leaves which grow in two pairs of two on the stem. They are added whole to dishes, but not too numerously as they have a strong flavour.
Alexander. A variety of good-looking, large, red-flushed blushed, dual-purpose apple with white flesh from the Ukraine, known in the 1700s. It was introduced commercially into England in 1805 by James Lee of a nursery in Hammersmith and sent on to Massachusetts in 1817. Cooks to a lemon-coloured purée. This mid-season variety is picked from mid-September in South-East England and has poor storage properties though may be eaten until late October. In the United States it is picked from August. Many apples were taken from Russia to various northern parts of the world in the early 1800s to see if they would be cold hardy.
A generic name for various edible plants of the genus Brassica; cole, colewort, the oldest and most venerable kind of cabbage, close cousin to the wild cabbagy plants which grow on the shores of the Mediterranean and Adriatic. They can be roughly divided into two types, curly-leaved, of which you can eat the leaves, and broad-leaved from which only the spring shoots should be taken and which do not form a compact head.
A marsupial, the meat of which is sought after as an alternative to red meats. It is low in fat and high in protein and, when cooked, the texture is reminiscent of liver.
