Comments on: What do white people know about exotic plants, anyway? http://www.jinamoore.com/2008/04/16/what-do-white-people-know-about-exotic-plants-anyway/ Reporter & Producer Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://www.jinamoore.com/2008/04/16/what-do-white-people-know-about-exotic-plants-anyway/#comment-273 Sarah Mon, 21 Apr 2008 04:16:19 +0000 http://jinamoore.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-273 Jina, I'm really becoming addicted to your blog! Have you read Sweetness and Power, by Sidney Mintz? Very apropos to this post... Jina, I'm really becoming addicted to your blog! Have you read Sweetness and Power, by Sidney Mintz? Very apropos to this post...

]]> By: jina http://www.jinamoore.com/2008/04/16/what-do-white-people-know-about-exotic-plants-anyway/#comment-272 jina Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:38:09 +0000 http://jinamoore.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-272 Heh, thanks Reese. There is indeed a good deal of what the high-minded litcrits call "self-effacement" in this particular post, so I welcome the laughing at me. Yeah, I used to pick out the bamboo shoots from my Chinese food when I was little. Hate the stuff, still do. I like it growing in a little vase in my living room in New York...but not on my plate. Heh, thanks Reese. There is indeed a good deal of what the high-minded litcrits call "self-effacement" in this particular post, so I welcome the laughing at me.

Yeah, I used to pick out the bamboo shoots from my Chinese food when I was little. Hate the stuff, still do. I like it growing in a little vase in my living room in New York...but not on my plate.

]]> By: Reese http://www.jinamoore.com/2008/04/16/what-do-white-people-know-about-exotic-plants-anyway/#comment-271 Reese Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:28:14 +0000 http://jinamoore.wordpress.com/?p=96#comment-271 I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this post. It's really funny to me, I've read it three times so far! I feel kind of bad though, 'cause I feel like I'm laughing AT you. There is a way of cooking and eating bamboo, and the bamboo shoots are pretty good, they are used in some Asian foods. I'm white and I know what sugar cane is, and what lemons look like growing on the tree. I don't know if I'm the exception or you are :) It may just be because I've grown up in Florida (citrus everywhere!) and my grandpa used to bring home sugar cane and cut me off pieces to chew on when I was little: amazingly good by the way, you should try it. I just wanted to tell you how much I enjoyed this post. It's really funny to me, I've read it three times so far! I feel kind of bad though, 'cause I feel like I'm laughing AT you.
There is a way of cooking and eating bamboo, and the bamboo shoots are pretty good, they are used in some Asian foods.
I'm white and I know what sugar cane is, and what lemons look like growing on the tree. I don't know if I'm the exception or you are :)
It may just be because I've grown up in Florida (citrus everywhere!) and my grandpa used to bring home sugar cane and cut me off pieces to chew on when I was little: amazingly good by the way, you should try it.

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