Cowper's gland (medicine) and Crab and avocado salad with Japanese-style dressing (recipes)

Cowper's gland (medicine)

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bulbourethral gland

One of two small compound racemose glands, that produce a mucoid secretion, lying side by side along the membranous urethra just above the bulb of the corpus spongiosum; they discharge through a small duct into the spongy portion of the urethra.

Synonym: glandula bulbourethralis, Cowper's gland, Mery's gland.

Crab and avocado salad with Japanese-style dressing (recipes)

Serves 4

Preparation time

less than 30 mins

Cooking time

no Cooking required

Ingredients

2 tbsp mirin (sweetened rice Wine), available from Asian grocers and some supermarkets½ tsp wasabi paste, available from Asian grocers and some supermarkets1 tbsp rice vinegarfew drops sesame oil½ tsp sea salt or ¼ tsp table salt1 long red chilli pepper, deseeded and finely chopped200g/7¼oz cooked crabmeat1 tsp lime juice, plus extra for squeezing150g/5¼oz rocket salad 1 ripe avocado, stone removed1-2 tsp chopped fresh chives, to serve

Method

1. In a large bowl, whisk together the mirin, wasabi, rice vinegar, sesame oil and salt to make a dressing. Transfer about four teaspoons of the dressing to another bowl large enough to fit the salad in later.2. To the first, more generous amount of dressing, add the finely chopped chilli and then the crabmeat and mix thoroughly using a fork.3. To the small amount of dressing in the Other bowl, add the lime juice and then the salad leaves and stir well to mix, before arranging on four plates.4. Spoon a quarter of the crab mixture into a ramekin, pressing down to fit it all in, then turn out onto one of the four plates. Repeat with the remaining crabmeat for the Other three plates.5. Using a teaspoon, scoop out curls of avocado and dot around on top of the salad on the plates. Squeeze over a little lime juice.6. To serve, sprinkle the chopped chives over the four mounds of crab.

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