A rich omelette stuffed with a ragoût of cockscombs and cock's kidneys, mushrooms and truffles in sauce Allemande.
Beef cut from the breast or lower ribs (flank or loin), these are thick, juicy pieces of meat, somewhat like skirt. If from a tender animal, the hampe or onglet may be served grilled or fried, but both are best braised, as in a carbonnade or daube.
Opah or moonfish, also, confusingly, known as the sunfish. This can be a huge fish, up to 50 kilos in weight. We saw one in an aquarium and it looked positively prehistoric. However the meat is good, pink and firm and can be treated like tuna, eaten raw as sushi, fried or grilled or even roasted.
A plant which grows up to 1.5 meters (4 ft 6 inches) producing large indented leaves. They are used in salads when they are young or treated like spinach as they age. It is also used in soups. There are red and golden varieties.
"Bitter orange." Seville orange (US: bitter orange). A variety of orange which is bitter, used for flavouring.
"Orange of Provence." A large, firm, light pinkish-orange apricot with rather tart flavour, making it good for syrups or jams (US: jellies). Ready in mid July.
Bael fruit; a close relative of the citrus. The fruit is about the size of, and has the appearance of a greyish-yellow orange with a thin woody rind. The floury pulp is pale orange in colour and has numerous seeds. Dried slices are soaked and boiled and the resulting liquid sweetened and drunk. Used for medicinal purposes.
