Lemon verbena, with a delicate perfume, used for flavouring puddings, rice and cream desserts and for making teas.
"Sea lemon." Sea squirt. A small sea creature which looks like a knobbly potato. The edible part is yellow, looks like scrambled egg and is eaten raw.
A name in Tuscany for the beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.
"Ox tongue." Beefsteak mushroom. It may be sliced and fried like liver, or eaten raw with a salad, when it should be cut into thin strips, soaked in salted water, drained and then dressed with a vinaigrette.