Yeah, here too, some of the zillions of coffee shops will have a dainty thing that they call pizza, and served on a napkin. If you wrapped it up and put it in your coat pocket, the next time you wore that coat and remembered it was there, eating it would taste the same as when it was first served.
i think it would be hard to camouflage a whole cardboard steak, unless perhaps the scientists at Monsanto had been working on it. The cardboard cooks seem to get away with it longer when producing one bite sized products that have a covering. If the flavor is close you're in, at least for...
Yeah, there was a big deal here for awhile where packages of pot stickers sold in the supermarkets and from China, the meat turned out to be cardboard. Big stink about it and everybody tried to remember the last time they had eaten pot stickers. They know how to flavor used paper. Some...
I've used them for years and will still have trouble picking up a pea or a single noodle. :X It's not proper etiquette to stab things, possibly other than unwanted intruders.
Tonkin cane is what the bamboo fly rod makers seem to prefer. Thick walled and very tough apparently, with minimal defects due to bugs. Pretty much out of groves in one part of China, but I believe growable in some areas of the US.
Gary, has the black stuff spread at all?
By the way, if you use the bamboo, rubbing it out with fine steel wool, the kind used in woodworking, then a light oil finish makes for a pretty shine and softens up the feel a bit.
You haven't heard of bamboo shoots in Chinese food, Al? Markets with Chinese food sections will often have it in cans. The young shoots are tender. i'm not so keen on it myself, but no problem giving it away.
Awesome bamboo for stateside, Gary. The black bamboo is real pretty, and I don't...
I have bamboo. The pigeons love to roost up in there and make soft sounds. Pleasing to look at in the wind and to hear the rustling sound it makes. Invasiveness before your very eyes, but cutting it and painting the cuts with Roundup can keep it under control. I give the new shoots to people...
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