Dragon fruit or pitaya. A striking yellow fruit from Central America, twice the size of a passion fruit. It is pithy inside with an an unnaturally white sweet jelly with black pinpricks of edible seeds. I think it looks and tastes unnatural. It is often made into a drink by whizzing it with water. More commonly a purplish red.

Dragon fruit or pitaya. A striking purplish red from Central America, twice the size of a passion fruit. It is pithy inside with an an unnaturally white sweet jelly with black pinpricks of edible seeds. I think it looks and tastes unnatural. It is often made into a drink by whizzing it with water. Also found in yellow.

Drinking straw

This name refers to the male and female parts, which modesty forbids that I shall translate. These pastries, shaped appropriately, are traditionally given by men to their loves, wrapped in a knotted handkerchief or mocador, with marzipan fruits on the Día de los Enamorados, which falls on the same day as the mighty Valencian festival of the Día de la Comunidad. The 9th October is a good day to be in town.

Flounder or fluke

White haricot beans (US: navy beans).

Vegetables. Root vegetables.

Banana. Plantain. The long, usually yellow fruit of a tropical tree, sometimes red or green, which grows in bunches. It has sweet dense flesh which discolours quickly.