A relative of Golden Delicious discovered in 1959 by Mr PJ Jenkins and introduced commercially by Stark Bros in Missouri.
A large, sharp variety of eating apple found on land in Woodbury in New Jersey belonging to Judge JM White, later sold to Mrs Starr, hence the name. It is green with brownish streaks and flushng. This mid-season variety is harvested from mid-September and is at its best from September to October.
Starters may cover appetisers, served before you even get to the table or at the table, antipasti and hors d’oeuvres, all those things that happen at the beginning of a meal. In the West the starters or appetisers are savoury, designed to stimulate the appetite to enhance the enjoyment in the meal that follows.
A starter for bread is a nugget of dough the size of a fist with yeast and lactic acid bacteria all interacting. It is carried forward from bake to bake carefully oiled and preserved in a covered bowl, developing increasing complexity over time.
A variety of eating apple which is a cross between Red Delicious and Winesap and being predominantly red over yellow and with juicy, crisp, tart flesh. It was raised by Dr J Stayman in Leavenworth in Kansas in 1866 and introduced commercially by Stark Bros of Missouri.
St Clement's tart is a classic. Taken from the nursery rhyme; "'Oranges and lemons' say the bells of St Clement's…" this is a sort of lemon curd tart but made with oranges and lemons.
In much of South East Asia, China and Japan, steamed rice is an accompaniment to many meals. It is short-grained, glutinous or sticky rice, often steamed in a bamboo basket in which it is then served at the table.
