A large flat fish or flounder similar to the European plaice, with reddish to grey-brown skin. The red spots are less well defined.
The factory-made cheese is mild and flavourless, but it is still possible to obtain farm-made versions. This soft, buttery pressed cheese is made from cow's milk and results in a white to primrose yellow paste, depending on the age. Lancastrians claim that it was the original 'toasting cheese' and its consistency certainly lends it to cooking. It is also available with garlic or sage.
According to garlic grower Ron Engeland, sand leeks are edible but seldom cultivated, and have a shorter flower stalk and fewer and more inconsistently shaped cloves than Rocambole garlic with which they are often confused. Sand leeks also have a dark violet bulb wrapper.
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.
The San Domingo apricot or mamey fruit similar to a sapote and related to the mangosteen which it also resembles. It is the fruit of a tall, handsome evergreen tree of the family Clusiaceae, native to the West Indies and northern South America. Its flavour is something between an apricot and a raspberry. The fruit is almost round, from 10-20 cm (4-8") in diameter and has a short, thick stem. Like the mangosteen it is hard, only softening a little when it becomes ripe. The thick, leathery skin is light brown or greyish-brown with some warty marks. This covers a thin membrane which adheres to the flesh and should be picked of as it has a bitter flavour. The flesh ranges from golden-yellow to orange and may be firm and crisp or tender and juicy. The number of seeds varies, depending on the size of the fruit, and rises to as many as three or four. And be careful, as the seed makes a stain which is impossible to remove.
The San Domingo apricot tree is that on which the san Domingo apricot or mamey grows.
