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salmon disease (medicine) and Monk' s beard (recipes)


salmon disease (medicine)


salmon disease -->
salmon poisoning


A disease of dogs and Other canids in the northwest coastal region of the U.S., resulting from eating infected salmon and trout from streams flowing into the Pacific Ocean; these fish carry the encysted form or metacercaria of Nanophyetus salmincola, which infects the intestine and carries with it Neorickettsia helmintheca, the actual agent of the disease.

Synonym: salmon disease.


Monk' s beard (recipes)


No fashionable menu is complete without monk' s beard, or barbarata de fratea. Known in the UK as ' goat' s beard' or ' Johnny go to bed at noon' , these little green shoots are grown in Tuscany, where they' re only in season for five weeks of the year.Similar in appearance to samphire, it' s best prepared by light steaming and served with lemon or olive oil. It can also be added to risotto.