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the fruit you eat rotten on purpose, which is exactly as metal as it sounds
eat rottenEdible only after bletting, a controlled decay
rude nicknameMedieval English called it open-arse
chaucer dropped itMentioned it bluntly in The Canterbury Tales
old guardCultivated by Romans, then nearly forgotten
tasteLike spiced applesauce with date and cinnamon notes