Sweet. Can also mean soft or mild. When applied to water it means fresh, and very sweet when applied to Champagne. Feminine is douce.
A long, straight-sided variety of red chilli with square shoulders which has crumpled appearance.
A very highly regarded dessert pear, it is large and roundish. Skin is yellow with a greenish tinge, speckled and russeted, sometimes with a red blush. Flesh is soft, creamy white, very juicy, fragrant and full-flavoured. Best eaten as a raw dessert pear and can be picked from mid-October. It was introduced to England from France in Victorian times.
Sugared almond, traditionally given to guests at weddings and christenings. Very occasionally the almonds are dipped in chocolate or they may simply be almond shaped, perhaps with chocolate coated with sugar, like these ones from the Vendée in the picture. It is also a preserved plum.
