Weaning. The process or the time at which a young animal eats solids rather than its mother's milk. Generally young animals are weaned by force.
A name in Boulogne for monkfish (US: angler fish). A fish with a sweet flavour and succulent firm flesh but with the ugliest appearance imaginable. It is found in the Mediterranean and Atlantic. The larger fish often have better flavour. It has a hideous head, which is why it is usually displayed without it, and a muddy colour. It is known as the anglerfish as it bears on its head a 'rod' and 'lure' which attract its prey. The meat of the tail is sweet and succulent - almost like lobster meat, entirely compensating for is appearance. The flavour may well be assisted by its own diet which is high in shellfish. The best monkfish are Lophius piscatorius and the similar Lophius budegassa, the favourite of the Spanish. American monkfish or goosefish (Lophius americanus) is considered inferior, while New Zealand monkfish (Kathetostoma giganteum) is related to the stargazer and is only fit for soup.
Shiitake mushrooms, which may be grilled or used in soups and stews. In Russia they are frequently pickled. It is usually known as 'shiitake' but takes the accent on the 'é' sometimes just to guide people to the pronunciation.
Placid, broad in the beam cattle which grow very fast on a factory produced, protein-rich foods. It doesn't make for tasty beef. Simmental is a breed which is good for both production of beef and milk. These docile, hardy animals originate from the Simmen Valley in the Berner Oberland in Switzerland. Over the last 100 years the breed has spread across Europe and have been bred in Britain since the 1970s. The colour of Simmental ranges from pale yellow to dark yellow and red to reddish brown. The main colour of the head is white. In crossbreeding, the Simmental has proved very successful. It provides more growth, a larger frame and thus a better beef yield to its crossbred progeny. It improves the quality of the meat with white fat and excellent marbling. It improves the milk yield, resulting in strong development of the calves in suckler herds. Sommentals are adaptable and are becoming increasingly numerous for their high beefs yields and dairy capacity.
