A name in California for the black boletus mushroom. Excellent to eat from August to October whether raw in salads or cooked or preserved and also freezes well.
A variety of yellow cooking apple with russet flecks which cooks to a creamy purée. It was raised in 1820 by Mr T Brown of Ashby-de-la-Zouch in Leicestershire and named after the wife of George IV. This mid-season variety is harvested from mid-September in South-East England and is at its best from September to December.
A variety of cloned apple from Cox's Orange Pippin, having a more even flush. A medium-sized, round eating apple, also excellent for cooking, made by Mr H Ermen in 1982. It is a late-season apple variety, harvested late-September to early-October in South-East England, is stored and is at its best from mid-October to January.
A name for Mère de Ménage, a variety of large deep red flushed blushed cooking apple known sine the late 1600s and known by many names throughout Europe. It cooks to a purée so is good for sauces and charlottes. This late-season variety is harvested from early October in South-East England and is at is best from November to February.
A name for Devonshire Crimson Queen, a variety of eating apple from Launceston in Cornwall, oddly enough. This deep red apple is first recorded in 1953. It is a mid-season apple, harvested from late August in South-East England and is at its best from September to October.
A pudding named for Queen Victoria and cooked for her by her chefs at Buckingham Palace. It consists of a sort of custard infused sponge made with breadcrumbs, covered with a layer of jam (US: jelly) and then a layer of meringue and baked.
The queen scallop or quin is smaller and sweeter than pilgrim or great scallops and fished in deeper waters. They are more difficult to come by but, like the pilgrims, have white meats and red corals.
Queensland arrowroot is an edible starch from a canna closely related to canna lilies. This was a pre-Conquest Inca food plant and may be found in Peru and Ecuador and has spread to be used in India and as far as Australia. It is a versatile plant of which the green shoots may be eaten as a vegetable, the rhizome, which is large, round and red, can be eaten raw. It is also described as a fleshy underground stem. It may also be prepared in the same way as a potato or used in the same ways as flour. It is a great source of easily digested carbohydrate. This ideal plant is easy to grow and to harvest. The tubers are hardy and multiply readily in good soil.
A name for the matchbox bean. Lke the blackbean, this bean is highly toxic unless it undergoes a great deal of treatment, in the form of baking, ground and then washed in running water for a long time. Also like the blackbeanm this is found in the tropical north east of Queensland.
