By Gardener Jack Whenever we come across something new the initial response is to liken it to something we already know. The pineapple, for instance, was so named when first encountered in the Caribbean by Europeans because of its pine cone-like shape and apple-like flavour. There are many tropical fruits called plums and cherries. Many of these would have been named initially by Europeans with larger drupes being called plums and smaller ones cherries, often with the name of the place they were discovered - Surinam, Barbados, etc. If a European tourist in the Bahamas were to order stewed turbot he would be surprised for two reasons: The gravy-like matrix, and the completely different fis ...

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