Cryptic Clues to Food and Drink items

[gingiecat]

I have been working my way through a Food and Drink Cryptic Clue Quiz for ages and have got completely stuck on some questions. Any help/suggestions would be appreciated.
Below is the clue and in brackets the number of letters in each word.

1. Old Stubborn Creature (6)
2. Respectable Girls (5,2,6)
3. Rub down Horse (5)
4. Saucy Colouring (5,8)
5. Men Have Them (5,4)
6. Four Pints (6)
7. Perfume & Decoration not finished (7,5)
8. Bikes Appendage (7)
9. Odd kind of strike (3,5)
10. Abundance with a N (6)
11. Jewish Doctor almost backing black fuel (8)
12. Rhyming Kings statue (8)
13. Pair after Fido's infection (9)
14. Almost splendid say (4)
15. Expel Air out of 'Im (6)
16. Assemble man on Scottish River (7)
17. Fresh Cheese French style (7,4)
18. Alligator Duo (7,4)
19. Kings Mum (7)

[grasscarp]

2 Maids of Honour

[grasscarp]

5 Spare Ribs

[grasscarp]

3 Curry (you groom horses with a curry comb)

[gingiecat]

Great - Many Thanks Keep thoses answers coming, been scratching my head over these for weeks !

[kettledrum]

4. gravy browning

[kettledrum]

9. rum punch

[sangyn]

17 looks like it should be fromage frais but only 4 letters in second word, could it be a mistake?

[kettledrum]

18. avocado pear

[gingiecat]

Hi kettledrum - Sorry being a bit thick here, how does Avocado relate to Alligator ? I get the Duo - Pear bit

[kettledrum]

Hi Gingiecat! An alligator pear is another name for an avocado pear in America.

[auntflo]

14 soup

[gingiecat]

Hi Kettledrum - Doh !! Should have looked it up !! Thanks for all your help - keep them coming nearly there....

[janey67]

no 5. gravy browning?

[gingiecat]

Just found another one I'm not sure about

20. Milky Madness (5,8)

[kettledrum]

20. cream crackers

[Mamyalynne]

16 Mustard muster+ dee

[Mamyalynne]

11 Kohlrabi

[gingiecat]

KohlRabi - Gosh would NEVER have got that one....well done

[gingiecat]

Thinking out load here now, just looked again at
Rhyming Kings Statue and wondering if its a spelling mistake and it should be
Rhyming Kings Statute.... which could then be COLESLAW
(Old king Cole / Statute = Law
Unless anyone else comes up with something better

[gf3]

how about...1.mousse, 10. noodles, 19.duchess (as in potato!)