RE: [OM] Re: [OT] Dutch/Danish (was "Solvang")

[Winsor Crosby]

> On Thu, 2 May 2002 10:28, "Olaf Greve" <o.greve@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Then in reply to Dan Lau's message:
> > > By the way, the Chinese sweet pea pod is called "Holland pea"
> > > in Chinese, so it must have been introduced into China by
> > > the Hollandians.  So do they eat similar pea pods in Holland?
> > We do eat them. Dunno if we introduced them over there though. :0
> Thank you for settling one of my questions.  Here in the US of A,
> everyone thinks the pea pods are a Chinese thing.  I'm glad that
> we can now all give credit where credit is due.  I am sure that
> it was introduced to the Chinese by the Hollanders.
I wonder if it is a special variety like the Holland bell peppers in 
the rainbow colors available in US supermarkets.
--
Winsor Crosby
Long Beach, California

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