On Thu, 2 May 2002 10:28, "Olaf Greve" <o.greve@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>Then in reply to Dan Lau's message:
>>By the way, the Chinese sweet pea pod is called "Holland pea"
>>in Chinese, so it must have been introduced into China by
>>the Hollandians. So do they eat similar pea pods in Holland?
>We do eat them. Dunno if we introduced them over there though. :0
Thank you for settling one of my questions. Here in the US of A,
everyone thinks the pea pods are a Chinese thing. I'm glad that
we can now all give credit where credit is due. I am sure that
it was introduced to the Chinese by the Hollanders.
< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >
|