Land cress, as opposed to watercress. A dark, peppery leaf vegetable providing salad leaves in winter. It is similar to watercress in appearance, though a little lighter and more peppery in flavour.
A shortbread-like biscuit (US: cookie) containing chopped mixed peel and almonds. It is also a scone cooked on a griddle.
A large round scone containing oatmeal or barley meal, baked on a griddle and usually served at breakfast or high tea, particularly in Scotland. It is also a shortbread-like biscuit (US: cookie) with almonds and mixed peel.
Greenland halibut (US: Greenland turbot). A chicken halibut, or smaller version of the huge, side-swimming flatfish found in the deep waters of the North Atlantic. The skin is dark grey or brown. It is often smoked as it has dense, oily flesh.
A pie filled with sliced bananas and toffee-flavoured custard, sometimes made by immersing a tin of evaporated milk in water and cooking until it has caramelised.
In the United Kingdom and in Europe a banquet is a formal meal with many guests served in grand surroundings, where possible, at large tables laid with the best glass, porcelain and cutlery. In our experience, in the United States it is a more humble affair altogether, consisting of a few people sitting around some round tables in a conference room somewhere with some very ordinary food.
