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Keeping Russet apple

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A variety of russet eating apple raised in Hammersmith in London in 1850

keg

[English] plural kegs

A keg has a capacity of 15.5 U.S. gallons of beer, equivalent to 124 U.S. pints.

Kellogg's Breakfast tomato

[English] plural Kellogg's Breakfast tomatoes

A variety of large, deeply lobed, orange beefsteak tomato. Indeterminate.

Kelsae

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Kelsae is an unpasteurised pressed cheese made near Kelso from Jersey milk. Like Wenslensdale but creamier in texture and taste.

Kelso

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Kelston Park

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A soft, white rind cheese.

kempferia galangal(l)(e)

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Galangal. The rhizome of a plant of the ginger family, although it is smaller and more shrivelled. It has more translucent, flesh-coloured skin than the rhizome of ginger. It is peeled and grated or thinly sliced and used in the same way that fresh ginger is used, but has a slightly more complex flavour reminiscent of camphor. Greater galangal resembles a cross between ginger and pepper; lesser galangal is more pungent, with cardamom and eucalyptus flavours, whilst kempferia is the strongest.

Kennebec potato

[English] plural Kennebec potatoes

Kennebec is a white-skinned, creamy-fleshed main crop potato which is a good all-rounder.

Kent apple

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A variety of eating apple raised at East Malling Research Station by HM Tydeman in 1947 as a cross between Cox's Orange Pippin and Jonathan. It was given the name 'Kent' much later in 1974. It has a tough skin and the flavour mellows on storage. This late-season variety is harvested from mid-October in South-East England and is at its best from November to February.

Kentish pudding

[English] plural Kentish puddings

A suet pudding filled with chicken, onions, mushrooms and white wine.