City roast. The most common roasting style for coffee beans. Medium roasted beans give a mild, inoffensive but unadventurous roast.
Equivalent to six bottles, or 4.8 litres (20.08 pints), of champagne. The full list is: Magnum (2), Jeroboam (4), Rehoboam (6), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16) and Nebuchadnezzar (20).
Smoked reindeer heart is a popular item in Nordic countries particularly with the Lapps of Sweden.
A name for Margil, a variety of eating apple thought to have been planted in 1680 in a garden at Sheen in Surrey by Sir William Temple, possibly after being brought over from France. By the middle of the 18th century many trees were in the possession of George London of Brompton Park Nursery. It is an aromatic, flushed blushed red apple with some russet which can be wonderful if it gets enough sunshine. This late-season variety is harvested from early October in South-East England and is at its best from October to December.
The domestic cook's version of rennet, which is derived from the stomachs of calves and use in cheese-making. In the kitchen it is most often used in making junket.
Summer cep or bolete mushroom. A round, brown-capped mushroom with nutty flavour.
Retro is a rare historical variety of potato which is highly regarded.
