Mediterranean cuisine as "conditioned naturally by variations in climate and soil and the relative industry or indolence of the inhabitants." David identifies "the ever recurring elements" in the food of this extensive region as olive oil, saffron, garlic, "pungent" local wines, as well as the "aromatic perfume" of herbs, especially rosemary, wild marjoram, and basil, and the bright colours of fresh foods in the markets, "pimentos, aubergines, tomatoes, olives, melons, figs" and "shiny fish, silver, vermilion, or tiger-striped". She includes cheeses of "sheep's or goat's milk", "figs from Smyrna on long strings" and "sheets of apricot paste which is dissolved in water
Eadric the Wild "child"), which may signify a title of rank. He was also known as "the Wild", as witnessed by such bynames as "se wild", "salvage" and in Latin, "silvaticus". According to Susan Reynolds: Reynolds further notes that: Eadric is mentioned in connection with the Wild Hunt, and in the tale of "Wild Eadric". Eadric was portrayed by Robert O'Mahoney in the TV drama "Blood Royal: William the Conqueror" (1990). Among the families that claim descent from Eadric are the Weld-Blundell family of England and the Weld family of the United States. Eadric the Wild Eadric "the Wild (or Eadric "Silvaticus), also