Woodcock. It is a very fine, pigeon-sized, game bird which inhabits boggy woodland and which is usually cooked undrawn, with only the gizzard removed. The trail, or entrails, are considered a great delicacy. A woodcock constitutes one portion. They are often served stuffed with their own gizzards or with the gizzards mashed for the sauce.
Altimussis/altemusis/chochos. In Tenerife, 02/2003, we had small, square, hard, bean-like things which were told were called by these names (or what sounded remarkably like them). A web search for altimussis or any variety results in nothing at all, while that for chochos takes me enthusiastically to a number of porn sites. I’m pretty sure these are the same as lupini, which I have seen in Al Amin. Could you send details (and a picture) to queries@whatamieating.com if you know more?
