A sauce traditionally used with prawn cocktail, this is a mayonnaise-based sauce flavoured with cayenne pepper, Worcestershire sauce and, for a luxurious version, brandy and coloured pink with a little tomato sauce. The flavour should not be of tomato sauce so go steady with it. May also be enriched with double cream (US: heavy cream).
A variety of slighly lobed orange beefsteak tomato.
A method of serving food by placing an empty plate in front of the diner and then serving from the diner's left hand side. Drink should be served from the right.
Rutland cheese is an unusual mixture made from cheddar-style cheese flavoured with beer, garlic and parsley.
Rye is closely related to barley and wheat and is widely grown as a food crop for its grain or for forage. Rye it used to make flour, the breads from which can be very dark, as in Eastern European breads such as pumpernickel. In Nordic countries it is widely used in the making of their excellent crispbreads (hence Ryvita). It has less gluten than wheat flour. Rye is also used in the making of whiskey and can be rolled or pressed as oats are for porridge.
