Bog billbery. These berries look rather like blueberries but are not as nice.
Bog billbery. These berries look rather like blueberries but are not as nice.
Myrtle, much used in Sardinian cooking. Usually the bitter fresh or dried leaves of the plant are used, although the berry fruits are used as a subsitute for black pepper. The aroma of the leaves is sweetly pungent and it is used as the basis of many perfumes. Mirto is also the name of a liqueur made with myrtle.
St George's mushroom. A small white or cream mushroom that appears in parts of Europe around St George's Day on 23rd April.
Small flat fish called agoni found in Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, skinned, salted and air dried in the sun and then packed into barrels called missolte. They are usually grilled, cooked in red wine vinegar, cooled and served with olive oil. They go by many similar names.
Small flat fish found in Lake Como and Lake Maggiore, skinned, salted and air dried in the sun and then packed into barrels called missolte. They are usually grilled, cooked in red wine vinegar, cooled and served with olive oil. They go by many similar names.
