A little round green squash resembling an avocado in both taste and shape.
The leaf of the avocado tree, similar to a bay leaf, used in Mexico, toasted.
Oil extracted from the stone and the pulp of damaged fruit of the avocado. It is a very neutral oil with almost no flavour or aroma, but very oily.
The avocado pear is a pear-shaped or round fruit from a tropical laurel tree originating in South America and found today in Mexico, the West Indies, Florida, Africa, Israel, Spain and France. It is dark green, although the Hass variety is black with a very knobbly skin. Israeli avocados are small and similar to Hass. Also available are Fuerte (smooth and thin-skinned), Pollock (with a shiny skin which seems to be almost part of the flesh), Kenya and Ryan.
An American Indian bread made with hominy grits and cornflour (US: corn starch). It is named after an Indian settlement near Charleston in South Carolina.
Axona is a floury Sarpo potato resistant to blight. They make good baked potatoes
Aylesbury ducks are descended from the common duck. They are predominantly Buckinghamshire, Lincolnshire or Norfolk ducklings but are a distinct breed with lots of fat. They are aged by seven weeks. According to the BBC Food Newsletter of 31/01/2009, "Aylesbury ducks traditionally lived inside the houses of the rearers. In some parts of Buckinghamshire, the ducks' boxes were lined with hay and nailed to the living room walls. Some rearers even kept their charges in their bedroom. The rearer's wife and children were responsible for looking after the ducks." Not today I suspect.
