Chinese Ingredient: Fermented Black Beans

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Andrew Nguyen, Chinese Fermented Black Beans a Versatile Staple; The pungent, salty bits can lend subtle depth to a sauce or a savory bite to main dishes. Los Angeles Times, Apr 28, 2012.
http://www.latimes.com/features/food/la-fo-black-beans-20120428,0,532322.story

Note:
(a) punchy (adj):
"1a : having punch : forceful, spirited
b : VIVID, VIBRANT <punchy video graphics>'
www.m-w.com
(b) braise (vt): "to cook slowly in fat and little moisture in a closed pot"
(c)
(i) The "fuchsia" in the name "Fuchsia Dunlop" is a flower (etymology: New Latin, from Leonhard Fuchs †1566 German botanist).
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/fuchsia
(ii) The Scottish surname Dunlop is from a village of that name.

Dunlop, East Ayrshire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunlop,_East_Ayrshire
("The name, first recorded in 1260, may be derived from the Gaelic words Dun (a castle) and Luib (a bend). Therefore it is the fortified hill by the bend in the river. The old local pronunciation was Dulop or Delap without an 'n' and this has led to suggestions of other origins")
(d) The report talks about "a porcini-like fragrance."
(i) Porcini is an Italian noun, but English-speaking people did not know it was the plural of (Italian) "porcino." So, in english, porcini is singular, with "porcini" or "porcinis" as plural.

porcini (n; plural porcini also porcinis; Italian, plural of porcino, short for fungo porcino, literally, porcine mushroom; First Known Use: 1976)
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/porcini
(ii) Boletus edulis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boletus_edulis
(commonly known as penny bun, porcino or cep)
(e) Recipes for dishes (pictures to the left of the text).