Jambu is a name given to many juicy, thirst-quenching fruits. They have diverse appearances and differ in size. The most commonly available is the bright red wax jambu or water roseapple.
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Croaker or drum fish. A deep-bodied seawater fish which can be cooked in many ways. Croakers or drums are so named because of the croaking and drumming which accompanies their mating.
A soft, fresh cow's milk cheese from Kent. It is also available flavoured with a variety of fresh herbs and spices.
A variety of yellowish-green eating apple flushed with red raised by Peter Gideon, a farmer of Excelsior in Minnesota from a seed of Cherry Crab in the 1860s. It had reached England by 1868 and received the Royal Horticultural Society Award of Merit in 1893. A good Wealthy is strawberry-flavoured, soft and juicy, but these qualities can easily be lost. This mid-season variety is harvested from mid to late September in South-East England and is at its best from then until December.
Cow's oesophagus. To quote Thomas Sutcliffe ""I wouldn't have known what it was" he [Rick Stein] said tactfully, a description that allowed for a taste anywhere between foie gras and perished washing machine hose".
An ugly looking rockfish. A marine fish with poisonous spines. Alec, of Padstow Angling Centre tells me that the greater weever is one of the finest fishes to eat. This is a place that knows its fish, so I look forward to trying it as soon as I can.
