An heirloom variety of tomato from the Mennonites. It is an indeterminate, potato-leafed tomato with large, dark pink fruit and an outstanding flavour. It is similar to Brandywine.
Generally speaking, tiffin is a meal between breakfast and supper, which may be lunch or afternoon tea.
A bush variety of courgette which produces dark green fruits mottled with cream, which can be used for either courgettes (US: zucchini) or marrows.
An indeterminate English tomato variety producing 5 cm (2 inch) fruits which are green striped when immature, ripening to red striped with yellow orange. They have a rich, tangy flavour and appear in mid season.
The tiger nut is is not a nut at all but a wrinkled brown tuber of a type of sedge, Cyperus esculantus var. sativus, mainly from the Mediterranean rim. The flesh is crisp and white with a slight flavour of almond. They may be eaten like nuts and are a major ingredient of a chilled Spanish drink called horchata.
