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Grandma's Kitchen: The Ever Pan-Tropic Bamboo and Indonesian Soup |
 | | The symbol for a multitude or forest of bamboos is, and was used in old Chinese Buddhist texts to refer to India. |
 | | Bamboo is often used in the third world (both in Asia and the Americas) in construction as roofing material as well as weight-bearing frame members of walls, in furniture, canes, baskets, fishing weirs, and in many other applications. |
 | | Much of the bamboo used for cooking in Europe and the Americas is purchased already cooked and canned, but the preparation of bamboo shoots in Asia and the Pacific Islands makes use of the raw, unprocessed plants, yielding a flavor and texture that is largely unknown here. |
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