LATEST VEGETABLE.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 10638, 14 April 1906, Page 2 (Supplement)

LATEST VEGETABLE.

NEW DELICACY FOR SENSITIVE PALATES. Quite the latest addition to the already comprehensive range of vegetables wliich now grace the tables of the gastronomical cognoscenti is lava, pronounced "lay-va," and served hot Aviih roast mutton, in•sead of, or in addition to, the time-hon-ored red currant jelly. Lava, when served, looks like spinach, saA-e that tho rich emerald tint of spinach is replaced by a mingled deep green and amber, a dark neutral shade,* like the corner of a Rembrandt canvas. ; To the palate lava brings, a 6ubtlo commingling i of pleasant salinity as of marinated fish. I and a delicate hint of the sub-acid of lime i or lemon— a lingering bonne bou-che that i produces a desire for further acqiwint- ; ance. ■,-,.' s Lava is a marine legume, and is found > ariiong the wild- rocks of Scotland's ironJ bound coast. It grows there at the s water's ed.ge in long wavy fronds, and J Avhen in the sea displays* a brilliancy of beryl and ruby. > It is purveyed by the fishmongere, by 3 whom it is put through a coiwse of niace- - ration in weak brine. When served t from the hands of a chef lava is flaA'ored f with lemon. Gourmets Avelcome lava as I r a highly palatable and very nutritious t recruit to the table, and physicians classify it as a valuable .diuretic.