Equivalent to 16 bottles, or 12.8 litres (415 fl oz) of champagne. The full list is Magnum (2), Jeroboam (4), Rehoboam (6), Methuselah (8), Salmanazar (12), Balthazar (16) and Nebuchadnezzar (20).

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The zante or Baltic vimba is a fish. Could you send details (and a picture) to queries@whatamieating.com if you know more?

A name for Ben Davis. A large variety of eating apple with a yellow and deep red marbled skin having yellowish-white flesh but little flavour. It is a well known southern apple, probably raised in Tennessee, Kentucky or Virginia around 1800. May also be used for culinary purposes. It is a late-season variety, picked from mid-October in South-East England. It keeps well and mellows on storage and is at its best from December to March.

A name for Ben Davis. A large variety of eating apple with a yellow and deep red marbled skin having yellowish-white flesh but little flavour. It is a well known southern apple, probably raised in Tennessee, Kentucky or Virginia around 1800. May also be used for culinary purposes. It is a late-season variety, picked from mid-October in South-East England. It keeps well and mellows on storage and is at its best from December to March.

Bamboo flour is made by crushing the seeds of bamboo and is used for thickening dishes in Chinese cuisine.

A highly prized variety of fungus which grows on bamboo in China. It is pale and lacy with an earthy flavour and crunchy texture.

When the US Air Force was based in the South Pacific during the Korean war, they adopted the term "bamboo juice" for alcoholic drinks.