A flat disc of cow's milk cheese with an orangey-red rind tied with grasses. It is soft, very strong smelling, slightly holey and has a rich flavour. It is one of the older cheeses of Normandy and is matured in caves for at least one month. (AOC).
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.
Loach. A small freshwater fish of the carp family. The flavour is good but there are lots of small bones. It is usually fried.
Tomcod. A small version of a cod, close to a codling in appearance but with a rounder tail, this fish is found from Labrador to West Virginia along the American Atlantic coast. They are good either fried, poached or baked.
Rockling, onos. A small Mediterranean fish, the largest of which are prepared in the same way as whiting.
