Eat Your Words. Paul Convery

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      whitemeat * food prepared from milk; an outmoded synonym for dairy produce

      wholefood * additive-free plant food grown with minimal processing or refining

      wholemeal * any bread or other baked product made from the entire wheat kernel

      wistfyllo * food in abundance in olden times

      wistmete * aliment in older, leaner times; literally “existence-food”

      wyrtmete * any Anglo-Saxon food consisting of vegetables or herbs

      yarrum * milk, in old money

      zuuzuus & whamwhams * vending machine confectionery, in US penitentiary slang

Chapter 2

Items and Ingredients from the Plant World

      “Eat food. Not too much. Mostly plants.”

      —Michael Pollan

      acerola * a cherry-like fruit native to South and Central America, rich in vitamin C

      acetum * vinegar, historically; a pickling agent and perennial condiment favourite

      achocha * a high Andean relative of the courgette, also known as stuffing cucumber

      adobo * Caribbean spice mix

      advieh * Persian spice mix

      adzuki * a sweet red mung bean widely used in East Asian cooking

      agar-agar * vegan gelatin; a culinary jelly derived from seaweed

      agave * Mexican cactus nectar used to sweeten dishes as a healthy sugar substitute

      ajwain * an Indian spice flavouring extracted from carom seeds

      akebia * the edible fruit of the East Asian “chocolate vine” shrub

      alexanders * horse parsley; the herb’s stems are used as celery, its roots as parsnip

      alkanet * a herb boiled to produce the red food colouring used in rogan josh curries

      alphonso * a small Indian mango variety

      amaranth * a peppery plant meeting fully three-quarters of human nutritional needs

      ambarella * a slightly sour-tasting but versatile tropical food fruit

      ampalaya * a Philippine bitter melon

      ananas * a culinary synonym for the pineapple

      anardana * an Indian table spice made from dried pomegranate seeds

      ancho * an aromatic Mexican chilli, otherwise known as the poblano

      angelica * a pot herb whose stem may be used for flavouring, but never eaten raw

      anguria * a gourd, specifically the watermelon

      aniseed * a popular spice plant with liquorice flavoured seeds

      annatto * a natural orange-red food colouring also widely applied as a condiment

      apple-John * any apple somewhat shrivelled with age yet considered to be at its best

      arborio * speciality risotto rice

      armorace * horseradish, a root vegetable used in cooking as a spice

      arrowroot * a versatile edible starch used internationally as a food thickening agent

      arugula * rocket, a peppery salad leaf vegetable belonging to the cabbage family

      asafoetida * a culinary herb of the celery family; once known as the “food of gods”

      atemoya * a tropical fruit cross popular from Taiwan to the Levant to Brazil

      avocado * from an Aztec word meaning “testicle”; the fruit highest of all in energy-rich protein and oil

      azarole * the Naples medlar, used in Mediterranean cooking for many centuries

      baharat * Arabian spice mix

      bambara * the Congo goober or groundnut; a traditional African food crop

      bananino * a small, sweet ladyfinger cultivar of the dessert banana

      barberry * a tart, edible berry; it figures most prominently in modern Iranian cuisine

      basmati * literally “fragrant rice”; a long-grained variety originating in southern Asia

      batata * West Indies sweet potato

      batavia * a variety of endive with qualities similar to the lettuce; also called escarole

      berbere * East African spice mix

      bergamot * a name for both a sweet dessert pear and the dwarf Seville orange

      biffin * a cooking apple

      bigaroon * the Royal Anne cherry; eaten in the hand or reserved for making fruit pie

      bignay * a small Southeast Asian fruit used to make jams, jellies, and such

      bilberry * an edible berry often mistaken for its cousin the blueberry or blaeberry

      blackbutter * a gourmet seaweed from the shores of Cornwall

      blewit * a palatable fragrant mushroom of the agaric family

      boletus * a mainly edible genus of mushroom-producing fungi

      boniato * a Cuban sweet potato with characteristic white flesh

      borage * a garden herb ideally dried for use in salads and garnishes

      borecole * a rarer, alternative name for kale

      bostongurka * Swedish gherkin pickle

      bouquet garni * a classic French herb bundle added to stocks, sauces, and soups

      boysenberry * a large four-way hybrid bramble fruit

      brassica * cabbage or kale as food; cruciferous vegetables in general or aggregate

      breadfruit * a tropical staple; the texture of the cooked fruit is similar to fresh bread

      broccoflower * a vegetable cross between broccoli and cauliflower

      brunion * another name for a nectarine, being a hybrid of plum and peach

      buckwheat * a “pseudo-cereal” flour used especially in Eastern European cooking

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