Petit gris. A small, common variety of snail. These are the best and most tender of snails. They should be kept and fed on a controlled diet for a few days to improve their own flavour. This might include anything from barley to vermicelli.
Wood avens. Herb bennet. A herb, the leaves of which are used as a salad green. The root tastes of cloves, with which it can be substituted.
Lovage. A large unwieldy herb. Pick the stems off the leaves, tie them and hang them to dry for about 3 days. When crisp, crumble the leaves and store. Good in hotpots. Lovage seeds are used mainly in Indian cooking, and are from a plant of the caraway family. The greenish-brown seeds are a little larger than celery seeds and have a strong aroma of rather coarse thyme. Oregano can be substituted.
