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Grey Foods
Seeds
- sunflower seeds
- black sesame (crackers, tahini…)
- poppy seeds
- chia seeds
Cheese
- Garrotxa (hard, Catalonia)
- Sottocenere (hard, cow, often with truffles, IT)
- Morbier (blue, goat, FR)
- Humboldt fog (blue, USA)
- Valençay (goat, affinés, FR)
- Selles-sur-Cher (goat, affinés, FR)
- Sainte-Maure de Touraine (goat, frais / demi-affinés, FR)
- Rondin du Quercy (frais / demi-affinés, FR)
- (Meredith) Chevre Ash (fresh, AU)
- ChevrArdennes As Rondin Cendre (goat, fresh, BE)
- black pepper brie (cow, BE)
- black pepper fresh goat/sheep cheese (BE/FR)
- Appenzeller (hard, mountain cheese, cow, Alpine regions, CH)
- Graukäse (hard, cow, AT, Tirol)
- Rocket's Robiola (cow, ripened, USA)
Breads and crackers
- ash breads/bannocks/crackers
- soda bread
- buckwheat bread
- bread made with black wheat
- Ruisreikäleipä (FI)
- Olive fougasse (FR)
- Rugbrød (DK)
- Graubrot (DE)
- Pumpernickel bread ((DE)
- Juoda Ruginė Duona (LT)
- Ash cake (USA)
- Black sesame crackers
- Black rice crackers
Mushrooms
- Black and white truffles
- Trumpets of death mushrooms
- Grey oyster mushrooms
- Grey morel mushrooms
- Grey puffball
- Champignons
- Wild mushroom soup
Coastal/marine plants and animals
- Saltbush
- Samphire
- Sea kale
- Dried kelp
- Some seaweed ( hiziki, arame, kombu)
- Squid ink (pasta, polenta…)
- Caviar
- Smoked eels
- Anjovis
- Mackrel
- Oysters
Mineral
- Activated charcoal
- Grey salt (Atlantic)
- Grey atlantic salt (guerlande)
- Kala namak (black sea salt, south asia)
- Himalayan volcanic black salt
- Hawaian volcanic black salt
- Black lava salt (sea salt + activated charcoal)
Fruit and veg
- Salted plums
- Dragon fruit
- White grapefruit
- Yellow passion fruit
- Plums (blue-grey variety)
- Black garlic
- Black olives
- Artichokes
- Salsify
- Grey pumpkin / squash
- Taro
- Lotus root
- Celeriac root
- Black radish
- Roasted cauliflower
- Grilled aubergine (especially in baba ganoush and moutabal)
Herbs and spices
- Sage (dried)
- Black and white peppercorns
- Curry leaves
- Eucalyptus leaves
- Olive leaves
- Juniper berries
- Za’atar
- Dried bamboo shoots
Sweets
- Licorice plant and products
- Dried Figs
- Dark chocolate covered/dusted nuts
- Black sesame ice cream, cakes and biscuits
Techniques
- smoking
- slow-roasting
- braising
- cooking in ash