tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post113353834716853238..comments2023-11-19T00:42:48.156-08:00Comments on balancing life: Happy hour: Food for thoughtSunilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1134024600877299042005-12-07T22:50:00.000-08:002005-12-07T22:50:00.000-08:00Madhu...thanks....and it looks like you're a littl...Madhu...thanks....and it looks like you're a little off......as we see in the mad scientist's comment.<BR/><BR/>Mike....thanks for commenting (your first time here?). Fascinating that they thought the turkey was from Turkey!!<BR/><BR/>Yup....those wild ones are still around......wonder if they taste any different (or are you not allowed to find out?).Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133997690652112882005-12-07T15:21:00.000-08:002005-12-07T15:21:00.000-08:00Actually there are two species of wild Turkey, one...Actually there are two species of wild Turkey, one North American, one Central American. When the Europeans first came across this bird they thought that it was a type of turkey-cock (actually a Guineafowl) that was at the time imported from the country Turkey to much of Europe.<BR/><BR/>Wild N. American turkey (Meleagris gallopavo) can still be seen in the wild - even here in Massachusetts (I've seen some myself).apalazzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06077383161556651420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133752401096104502005-12-04T19:13:00.000-08:002005-12-04T19:13:00.000-08:00Sunil..as always very interesting post. Here is my...Sunil..as always very interesting post. Here is my two cents: The Turkey (bird) is not from Turkey (country). Turkey actually came from Mexico. This bird had been brought to Europe by merchants belong to the Turkish empire. The new bird was therefore called a “Turkey bird”, or “Turkey cock”. Later the domesticated turkey was re-introduced into North America by the British.pippala leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100671033525977577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133743791345422752005-12-04T16:49:00.000-08:002005-12-04T16:49:00.000-08:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.pippala leafhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07100671033525977577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133731874176795442005-12-04T13:31:00.000-08:002005-12-04T13:31:00.000-08:00Ashvin......i don't think most of us would be able...Ashvin......i don't think most of us would be able to cook without tomatoes, potatoes, chili....etc. But tapioca is an interesting observation. It's pretty popular in Kerala.....but it hasn't gone too much farther, and is hardly a common staple even in Karnataka or TN.<BR/><BR/>Srikanth....yes indeed. Can you imagine south india with out "filter coffee"?? Very interesting that it has been incorporated in the traditional food-classification system as well. But then...so too have the others....including (especially) potatoes.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133672509865263202005-12-03T21:01:00.000-08:002005-12-03T21:01:00.000-08:00It is interesting how all of the stuff you have me...It is interesting how all of the stuff you have mentioned have integrated so well in our country. Especially coffee.<BR/><BR/>In Tamilnadu, offering coffee to guests is considered good manners. "I went to visit them and they didn't even bother to offer me coffee!" some would complain.<BR/><BR/>It was also incorporating into our traditional food-classification system, "<I><A HREF="http://www.holistic-online.com/ayurveda/ayv-Pitta-food-plan.htm" REL="nofollow">pitta</A></I> is dominant in coffee, don't drink too much of it."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133579350185860672005-12-02T19:09:00.000-08:002005-12-02T19:09:00.000-08:00Very interesting. Indeed, where would Indian food ...Very interesting. Indeed, where would Indian food be without Potatos, Tomatos and Chili... (well, atleast I wouldn't know what to cook).<BR/><BR/>Another New World food that has become staple in other parts of the world: <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tapioca" REL="nofollow">Tapioca</A>. I heard that <EM>Kappa</EM> was introduced during a time of famine by the King of Travancore; hard to imagine considering how popular it is today in Kerala. <A HREF="http://www.journalhome.com/nandkumar/6728/" REL="nofollow">This website</A> repeats the claim.ashvinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02297355348727397419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133556472660968912005-12-02T12:47:00.000-08:002005-12-02T12:47:00.000-08:00yes indeed. Actually, the most important source fo...yes indeed. Actually, the most important source for pepper (black pepper) was India, not Indonesia. The demand for that (and indigo, which was the only source of the purple dye before chemicals) was very high, but trade was controlled by the Arabs. So Europeans mounted large sea expeditions to find alternate routes to India (and pepper, indigo, diamonds (of golconda) and spices were what brought the East India company to India). This turned out to be good (for them at least) because an incompetent navigator called Columbus landed in America, and tried passing it off as India. But we did get the potato, tomato, maize, and capsicum peppers thanks (in a way) to him and Vespucci and others.Sunilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07776658071546232685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8212356.post-1133554805943436142005-12-02T12:20:00.000-08:002005-12-02T12:20:00.000-08:00Hi SunilVery interesting.Yes, many fruits and vege...Hi Sunil<BR/>Very interesting.<BR/>Yes, many fruits and vegetables that we take for granted we not available even 500 years ago. Pepper was such a delicacy in Europe (it had to be imported all the way from Indonesia) that it was almost like a semi-precious gem. And we cannot forget chocolate (it comes from Mexico).Michael Higginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05034249281790021336noreply@blogger.com