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Lekvar refers to a jelly-like spread made from fruit and sugar, and a Hungarian specialty.

Lemon Verbena is an herb used to add a delicate, lemon flavor to savory or sweet dishes. Also, Lemon Verbera is a lemon flavoured herb used to make tea, but is also used to flavour salads and some sweet dishes.

Lemongrass refers to the stalks of a grass with a distinct, lemon flavor, grown in tropical climates. Lemongrass is popular in Thai cooking. Lemongrass also refers to an herb which has long, thin, gray-green leaves which is considered one of the most important flavourings in Caribbean cooking.

Lievre is the French word for "Hare ". The most tender Hare (Lievre) are those which are less than one year old which is good for roasting. While older Hares are made into civets (Civet de Lièvre or jugged hare) There are available frozen Hares on the market which come from Central Europe and Argentina. Lievre is also a kind of fish called Blenny.

Limun Immallah refer to Moroccan preserved lemons which give a distinct flavor in Moroccan cooking. Limun Immallah or preserved lemons are pickled and flavored with herbs and spices, then ripened for up to a year.

Limpet (Patella caerulea Linnaeus) refers to a mollusk usually found around rocky coasts. Limpets are not really that flavorful, and the meat tends to be tough. Limpet's shell is conical and more or less symmetrical, with a pearly interior and normanny no more tha 4 to 5 centimeters long. However, giant Limpets with a flesh as hard as a leather reach up to 8 centimeters in the Corsican isle of Cavalho. Limpets are normally eaten raw, Greeks make them into a soup. Limpet is called Patelle in French; Petalida in Greek; Patella in Italian; Lapa in Spanish; N'lat in Tunisian; Deniz Kulagi in Turkish. Other names inlcude: Chapeau Chinois, also Arapede, Alepedo in Midi; and Barretet in Catalan.

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