Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/08/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 11:32 PM 8/16/2006, you wrote: >Tina, >The banana flowers are quite a coomon part of our diet in South >India, we cook and eat it often, its delicious. Try it next time. >Actually its a very important plant - we eat the fruit raw and ripe, >the flowers, and the stem which is a refreshing salad type >vegetable. In addition, the leaves are commonly used as hygenic >biodegradable throw away plates, shaped into containers for food,etc >Cheers >Jayanand Govindaraj Thanks, Jayanand! I'll tell the families in Honduras. They were eating squash blossoms, which I have done before, but I don't think they've ever eaten the banana blossoms or the stem. That would be a good addition to their diets. Tina Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA http://www.tinamanley.com