French beans. Green beans (US: string beans).
Twaite shad or gizzard shad from a family of white, migratory fish. The shad is a bony, tasty, oily fish similar to herring, which travels up rivers in spring and is found in deep lakes. In France it is found in the Gironde where it is often grilled over vine shoots or stuffed with sorrel, and in the Loire, where it may be stuffed with beurre blanc. The roe is a great delicacy and shad is also used raw in sushi. Members of the family include Allis shad (Alosa alosa) and the smaller twaite shad or gizzard shad (Alosa fallax).
Freshwater shad, alose of allis shad. From a family of migratory fish, the shad is a bony, tasty, oily fish similar to herring, which travels up rivers in spring and is found in deep lakes. It is famously found in Lake Como in May and June each year, when it is often dried, pressed with bay leaves, grilled and then marinated in vinegar and thyme or cured, in which case it is called missoltit or missoltini. Members of the family include Allis shad (Alosa alosa) and the smaller twaite shad or gizzard shad (Alosa fallax).
Alewife. A migratory fish very similar to the herring, with silvery skin and strong flavour, abundant on the east coast of North America. It has a single spot on each side, behind the operculum and is deeper in the body than a herring. It is available smoked or pickled. The last stop on the Red Line of the Boston 'T' is Alewife, presumably indicating that a lot of these fish used to be landed in Boston.
