Calypso bean. A dried bean which is round, part white and part black. This has led to this name for the bean as it is reminiscent of a killer whale.
Like basil, oregano is a herb which marries well with tomatoes. I use a lot of oregano in an aubergine and tomato dish, a great favourite of my husband. I used to harvest wild oregano when I lived on a quite remote Greek Island and trade it for eggs and fish, along with other greens I picked on the mountains.
Organic wine is extremely difficult to define as, first, the grapes should be organically grown, avoiding the use of herbicides and sythetic pesticides and fertilisers, and, second, the wine should be organically made. In practice this is rather uncommon. At the moment the EU does not have criteria governing the production of "organic wine". In Europe, as well as Australia and California grapes may well be grown organically and use low levels of sulphur dioxide during wine making. The reason sulphur is used is to combat mildew which is part and parcel of making wine. Because no suitable alternative has been found to sulpur or a combination of copper sulphate and and lime, these are considered, in limited quantities, acceptable in the production of organic wine. On the whole, organic wine is improved by the lack of chemicals and many great wines are, effectively, organic. However, they may not advertise themselves as such as they see it as simply part of the production of a quality wine.
Organ meats (UK: offal) is the edible internal organs, such as kidneys, liver, heart, brain, lungs and lights, intestines and other meats such as feet, ears, tongue etc. In English it also describes the giblets of poultry or game fowl, including the gizzard, a muscular organ which acts as second stomach, liver, heart and neck. People are often squeamish about eating these organs but happily they are gaining in popularity again. Known as the 'fifth quarter' these cuts are often cheap though, naturally, as they are gaining in popularity, the price is going up.
A medium-sized Japanese tomato closely related to the Momotaro. Fruits are well sized, weighing several ounces, and having a pretty pink tint to their bright red flesh. Flavour is excellent, similar to the popular Momotaro. I have seen references to another Japanese tomato called Odoriko. One of these is wrong, but searches on the web show a similar number (very few) of hits under both names. I suspect that this difference will persist though I am pretty certain they are the same tomato.
