Eat Your Words. Paul Convery

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      guava * a pink-pulped tropical food, designated the national winter fruit of Pakistan

      gurgeons * coarse bran flour or similar cereal meal

      habanero * the “Scotch bonnet,” a famously pungent chilli pepper from the Amazonas

      hackberry * an astringent though edible berry fruit

      haricot * a type of French kidney bean; an old dish of mutton bore the name first

      hautboy * an archaic synonym for the strawberry

      hedge-mustard * a bitter salad leaf formerly also known as English rocket

      heirloom * any “heritage” or non-hybridized tomato cultivar

      hemidesmus * Indian sarsaparilla, a herbal root pickled and served with rice

      hericium * a family of fleshy edible mushrooms, distinctive for bearing no caps

      hickory * loosely, the pecan; a nut with a tough outer shell and edible inner fruit

      hindberry * an archaic synonym for the raspberry

      hominy * a gritty foodstuff made from coarsely ground and soaked maize kernels

      honeybell * another name for the tangelo, a citrus cross of grapefruit and tangerine

      horehound * a herb traditionally candied in lozenge form and taken to aid digestion

      horse-gog * a lost regional expression for a plum that is tart to the taste

      huckleberry * an edible bramble fruit akin to the blueberry

      huitlacoche * a flavoursome fungus, or corn smut, dubbed the Mexican truffle

      hulkage * miller’s bran, being the husks of cereal grains, rich in dietary fibre

      ilama * a compound tropical fruit of the Americas, best served and eaten chilled

      inkcap * a common name for multiple genera of mostly edible toadstools

      jaboticaba * a purplish, grape-like berry fruit from South America mostly eaten fresh

      jaca-dura * a hard variety of the exotic jackfruit, the largest of all tree-borne fruits

      jaggery * Indian palm sugar

      jalapeño * a hot green chilli pepper, much used in Mexican cooking

      jambolan * the Malabar plum, an edible fruit long used too in Eastern medicine

      jargonelle * an early ripening pear

      jenneting * an early ripening apple

      jicama * the “Mexican potato,” a root vegetable eaten raw in salads or boiled in stews

      jostaberry * a unique gooseberry and blackcurrant cross, good for chutneys and such

      kabocha * a sweet winter squash, colloquially referred to as Japanese pumpkin

      kalamata * a meaty brine-cured black olive grown in the Greek Peloponnese

      kalumpang * the “Java olive,” in actuality an oily cashew-like edible nut

      kari patta * curry leaves, a key item in much of the cookery of the Subcontinent

      kastainy * an older name for the chestnut, a nut traditionally roasted for edibility

      ketambilla * the Ceylon gooseberry, a somewhat acidic fruit often made into jam

      khorasan * oriental wheat, a large-grained ancestral alternative to modern wheat

      king stropharia * a gourmet agaric mushroom, cultivated for food

      kiwano * an exotic edible fruit cross known as the “horned” melon or cucumber

      kiwifruit * the Chinese gooseberry, as cultivated commercially in New Zealand

      kohlrabi * a popular European cabbage with an edible stem resembling the turnip

      kombu * East Asian kelp, used fresh in sashimi or as a seasoning for broth, or dashi

      kumquat * a mini orange, citrus-like fruit typically eaten preserved or candied

      lablab * a species of African bean cultivated across the tropics as a local food source

      laminaria * an edible seaweed with postulated efficacy against “diabesity”

      langsat * a tart, fibre-rich berry fruit native to the East Indies

      lemandarin * a hybridized lemon and mandarin citrus fruit, also called the rangpur

      lemongrass * a herb used to impart subtle citrus tones to Southeast Asian dishes

      lingonberry * a popular Scandinavian cooking berry; also called mountain cranberry

      loganberry * a raspberry-blackberry cross, interchangeable with either in recipes

      lombia * a widely cultivated edible bean better known as the black-eyed pea

      longan * a small pulpy food fruit related to the lychee, grown throughout Asia

      loomi * a Middle Eastern lime sun-dried as a souring agent or powdered as a spice

      loonzein * brown, or hulled, rice

      loquat * the Japanese medlar, a plum-like exotic fruit often used to make preserves

      lovage * a pot herb notable as a celery-like flavour enhancer; also called sea parsley

      lovi-lovi * a fruit of the Philippines, chiefly reserved for producing jams and syrups

      lychee * a sweet fleshy tropical fruit, best eaten fresh for full flavour

      macadamia * a round white common edible nut, extensively cultivated

      madrean * a gingerish spice formerly much used in conserves

      malagueta * a hot chilli favourite across the cuisines of the lusophone nations

      maligar * a type of eating apple, recorded long ago but perhaps now lost

      mameyito * a small sour-sweet tropical fruit usually eaten fresh

      mamoncillo * the Spanish lime, a tangy Caribbean fruit eaten like grapes

      mandarin * a small, sweet orange with a thin skin that peels away effortlessly

      mangetout * the sugar, or snap, pea; a variety consumed pods and all

      mangosteen * an exotic fruit with a flavour hinting at peach and pineapple alike

      maraschino * a preserved cherry and essential component of ice cream sundaes

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