tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post4447978535527706284..comments2023-10-17T22:03:23.951+07:00Comments on Cooee: What's lurking beneath the banana leaves?Snaphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-73580448722677460282011-01-16T09:33:41.296+07:002011-01-16T09:33:41.296+07:00@ Theodora, I'll never be afraid of banana lea...@ Theodora, I'll never be afraid of banana leaves again :) 'Disturbing' sums up makoks perfectly...just as disturbing was the pickled fruit salad I finally tried. I guess I shouldn't be one to talk though, I eat Vegemite!Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-36525233264332157502011-01-16T09:28:26.281+07:002011-01-16T09:28:26.281+07:00@ Mike, Luckily Bael fruit doesn't have laxati...@ Mike, Luckily Bael fruit doesn't have laxative effect on me, however I am used to eating half a kilo of prunes a week back home ;) I wish you'd been able to ask that person why they were buying them...for taste (not much of a taste to them) or for medicinal purposes?Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-33737983896951206982011-01-16T08:34:59.810+07:002011-01-16T08:34:59.810+07:00I tried these Chinese olives (which is what they c...I tried these Chinese olives (which is what they call them elsewhere) in Cambodia. Very disturbing, particularly when sweet pickled. Congrats on braving the banana leaves, tho'Theodorahttp://www.travelswithanineyearold.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-31096067101648852672011-01-15T13:03:25.255+07:002011-01-15T13:03:25.255+07:00According to the Cambridge Dictionary the plural o...According to the Cambridge Dictionary the plural of leaf is leaves.<br /><br />http://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/british/leaf_1<br /><br />...but I do think it depends on where you come from http://www.thefreedictionary.com/leafs<br /><br />Leafs, in this context, just sounds very wrong to me ;)Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-51957535443558654712011-01-15T13:01:10.814+07:002011-01-15T13:01:10.814+07:00Snap very interesting and it contains a few things...Snap very interesting and it contains a few things I haven't tried yet.<br /><br />Yesterday I was in Tesco when a fellow foreigner asked me (well showed me)Bael fruit she wanted to know where to buy it. I suggested the health shop and luckily they had it.<br /><br />Thanks to you I now know what it is and why she wanted it for.<br /><br />Since I never need a laxative here I might give thisMikehttp://www.thailand-blogs.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-39745361562658094402011-01-15T12:36:37.479+07:002011-01-15T12:36:37.479+07:00Snap is the plural of banana leaf, leaves or leafs...Snap is the plural of banana leaf, leaves or leafs. A bit confused by that one.Martynhttp://www.greatlifequotes.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-53450598499255306342011-01-15T07:34:59.108+07:002011-01-15T07:34:59.108+07:00Martyn the old banana leaf appears to be very vers...Martyn the old banana leaf appears to be very versatile indeed. I'd never thought about what other uses it may have had throughout history. Your theory on banana skins conjures up some interesting images in my head...thank you ;) The small varieties seem to be in the majority in the stores these days. Just an observation!Snaphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15800305875871746333noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5280676010616714093.post-60221128945639589862011-01-15T05:30:16.582+07:002011-01-15T05:30:16.582+07:00Snap I have a very sweet tooth and recognise many ...Snap I have a very sweet tooth and recognise many of the deserts in your photos. The only thing which saves my waistline is that for me alcohol and sweet things don't settle too well in my stomach and so beer wins nearly every time.<br /><br />What's under a banana leaf....I wonder if years ago the Siamese used to cover their bits and pieces with banana (very easy word to type )leaves Martynhttp://www.greatlifequotes.orgnoreply@blogger.com