Guinea pepper. A spice from Africa sometimes used as a mild pepper substitute and with a flavour slightly reminiscent of cardamon. The pods are crushed and added whole to soups or stews, then removed before serving any food.
The same as Puligny-Saint-Pierre, this is a pyramid of soft, fine-textured, moist goat’s milk cheese with a rind of natural mould and a complex flavour with a coating of charcoal. It is said that Napoleon, on returning from the Battle of the Nile, where he was defeated by Nelson, saw the traditional pyramid of a Puligny-Saint-Pierre cheese which, reminding him of the Pyramids and his defeat, he promptly truncated with his sword, resulting in Valençay cheese. The Cambridge Cheese Company have now recreated the Puligny-Saint-Pierre, giving it the name 'Nelson's Glory'.
A hard wheel of pale yellow sheep's milk cheese from Kent. A pasteurised version of Cecilia, with a less rounded flavour.
A type of melon. It is small and spherical with a netted surface over a grey-beige skin. It has a small central cavity which is filled with a mesh of small seeds. The flesh is orange and has a refreshing flavour.
