Bean Shoot – Sprout
The most common bean shoots are mung beans. They have been used in Chinese cuisine for centuries. Shoots are about 6 to 8 cm long, thin and white and contain the intact roots. Are sometimes grown in the dark so…
Bamboo Shoot
The young shoots of certain species of bamboo are harvested when they have barley broken through the surface of the soil. They should be peeled and boiled for about 20 minutes to remove the cyanide compounds they contain in their…
Ballhead – Cabbage
Solid head, round or oval in shape. Closely compacted smooth leaves. Green in colour.
Bacon – Avocado
Oval shaped with dark green skin. Large seed. Easy to peel with a thin skin, yellow fresh. Skin darkens slightly and fruit feels a little soft when ripe. Available: early August – December.
Baby Green – Asparagus
Baby Green are a young Asparagus picked, by hand, in the early stages of development. They have a succulent, sweet, nutritious, tender flesh and are good for fresh salads. They are related to onions, leeks and garlic. Asparagus is dense…
Baby Sweet Corn
Baby corn is sweet corn that is harvested while very young. Harvesting takes place within 2 days of silks emerging. Cob size is usually 4–10 cm long and 1–1.5 cm in diameter. Cobs are a pale yellow in colour. Most…
Baby – Beetroot
Related to the silver beet and sugar beet. A spherical root crop tuber. Red/purple skin often streaked with white leafy stalks which may be used in the same way as silver beet. Dark red/purple flesh which is crisp and juicy.…
Aussie – Pumpkin
Similar shape to the Queensland Blue. Large ribbed pumpkin with orange/yellow skin. Usually 5 to 7 kg in weight. Yellow to orange flesh. Relatively small internal cavity filled with flat seeds. Commonly sold in Australia as segments, as whole pumpkins…
Jackfruit
Famous for its prickly green skin and distinctive smell, jackfruit is the largest tree grown fruit in the world! The inside of the fruit is made up smaller pods which are yellow and firm in texture. The fruit is naturally…
Almond Nut
Part of the rose family, almond nuts are the fruits of the small tree Prunus dulcis, which is related to the peach. The nut is almond, or tear-shaped and has a distinctive light green seed shell, light brown corrugated shell…
Alfalfa – Sprout
Very fine, green seeds. White shoots, brown seed husks. Varieties of alfalfa sprouts include: onion, radish, chive, garlic and mustard.