tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post4071531808857795649..comments2024-03-21T07:37:30.475-04:00Comments on Light reading: That little chop will not make a very nourishing pieJenny Davidsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-82555989151826237552007-05-19T14:59:00.000-04:002007-05-19T14:59:00.000-04:00Jenny, if I can work up the courage, I'll have to ...Jenny, if I can work up the courage, I'll have to write a post about an anecdote my children tell about me - not far different, related to practising cello, and very embarrassing!<BR/><BR/>And I have a 'banana line' in <I>Corvus</I> which you may someday get to read.<BR/><BR/>Then there are the finger-sized, sinfully sweet and aromatic bananas we used to eat directly from our trees in Harare - nothing like the common supermarket ones here.<BR/><BR/>And plantains - plantains! (Maxine, these are usually cooked as a vegetable in central Africa.) Chipped, deep-fried, baked, glazed ... I've got a dozen recipes alone from a stay in Zaire.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-87661437708854862032007-05-19T14:08:00.000-04:002007-05-19T14:08:00.000-04:00Whenever I think of bananas (not a favourite of mi...Whenever I think of bananas (not a favourite of mine) I am always reminded of that delighful essay by J B S Haldane, on whether a banana is a fruit or a vegetable, and why. (Science and Everyday Life)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-74893689764253553942007-05-19T12:07:00.000-04:002007-05-19T12:07:00.000-04:00Delightfully monstrous! An illustration of why gl...Delightfully monstrous! An illustration of why gluttony is one of the seven deadly sins! Can you imagine how heartbreaking?!? A. Waugh really describes it in a wonderfully good way, it's sort of the best moment in that whole autobiography...Jenny Davidsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02295436498255927522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6959297.post-63215003617848580942007-05-19T08:21:00.000-04:002007-05-19T08:21:00.000-04:00What a delightful Waugh anecdote.What a delightful Waugh anecdote.Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13770069472552779217noreply@blogger.com