Mesclun is a mixture of green salad leaves and herbs, often grown together, and may include any of dandelion leaves, chicory or endive, fennel, chervil, cress or soft lettuces of any variety.
Metton is a cow's milk cheese made from skimmed milk made from October to June in the Jura in Franche-Comté and used for making Cancoillotte.
A name in Charentes for grey mullet (US: striped mullet), the commonest and largest of the grey mullet (US: striped mullet) family. It is a silver, shoal-living fish pointed with dark grey which feeds on seaweed and plankton near the muddy bottom in estuaries and coastal waters. This can effect its flavour. However, a good grey mullet, caught in clean water, is round-bodied and has creamy white flesh and good flavour with good keeping capabilities. It must be thoroughly scaled before eating. Varieties are found all over the world. The roe is used for taramasalata, botargo, boutargue.
The miller. A type of edible mushroom with a slightly unsual smell and one which is easily confused with other, poisonous, clitocybe mushrooms.
St George's mushroom. A small white or cream mushroom that appears in parts of Europe around St George's Day on 23rd April.
A highly regarded white Burgundy. The town of Meursault leads into the white wine producing basin of the Côte de Beaune.The vineyards are spread over gentle slopes at altitudes of between 230and 360 metres. The eastern aspect ensures that the vines benefit from the maximum period of sunshine.The abundance of white marl soils in a chalky environment explains the predominant production of white wines as these soils are more favourable to the growth of the Chardonnay varietal. Meursault, above all, produces white wine from Chardonnay, of which about a third is Premier Cru. 600 hectares are planted and have AOC classification. - which breaks down as follows :
