A northern English name for Samphire or rock samphire is also known as (an anglicisation of herbe de Saint-Pierre), sea bean, sea pickle, sea asparagus, glasswort. High in protein, it is a salty fleshy, fibrous plant growing in coastal marshes and at the edges of tidal pools, The texture is somewhat like that of asparagus, yielding but crisp.
Samphire or rock samphire (an anglicisation of herbe de Saint-Pierre), sea bean, sea pickle, sea asparagus, glasswort. High in protein, it is a salty fleshy, fibrous plant growing in coastal marshes and at the edges of tidal pools, The texture is somewhat like that of asparagus, yielding but crisp.
Velvet bolete. An edible mushroom, smooth and dark yellow, found in late summer.
A name for the Moreton Bay bug, a type of sand lobster. Sand lobsters are any of a variety of small crustaceans bearing a resemblance to lobsters. There are many of them, including bay bug, bay lobster, shovel-nosed lobster and rudder-nosed lobster which is similar to a slipper lobster. Moreton Bay bugs and Balmain bugs are available commercially. Moreton Bay bugs are slightly more triangular than the Balmain bug.
Blue crab. A mottled blue crab about 20 cm (8 inches) across, with blue claws. The blue crab is eaten as soft-shelled crab in the United States. We once gathered with friends around a table at Obrickis in Baltimore, with a heap of blue soft-shelled crabs piled onto the paper tablecloth and a collection of hammers. The flavour, and the general chaos were wonderful.
