Dried fruit compote. Stewed dried fruits. Dried fruits, are simmered and thickened with cornflour (US: corn starch). It mixture is then sweetened with sugar and usually served with cream.

Meat cut. Fillet. A small, boneless cut, the fillet is just over 1 kg (2 lb), the ‘eye’ taken from within the rib bone or sirloin. Very lean and tender and can be lightly marbled. Although expensive, there is no waste. A whole joint can be roasted in 20 minutes. It is also sliced to make steaks, fillet steak, filet mignon and Chateaubriand.

Elderberry. A tree which produces berries that are used for making syrups and wines, while the flowers are used for wine or cordials or may be dipped in batter and fried. Elderflowers are also a traditional accompaniment to gooseberries in crumbles. In France the flowers may also be used to flavour a confection. Folklore has it that elderberries gathered on St John's Eve (23rd June) protect against witchcraft. I am not sure I have ever seen an elderberry ripe for picking so early in the year. The dried berries can be used as a substitute for raisins.