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jmcquown wrote:
> "rosie" > wrote in message
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>> I like these little guys, usually slice them up in salads or just eat
>> them out of the jar. Does any one have other ways to use them??
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>> Rosie

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> They are delicious sauteed or stir-fried along with other vegetables.
> However I've given up eating hearts of palm. They have to kill an
> entire palm tree to produce them which doesn't seem very eco-friendly.
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> Jill


Hmmm. I had to look this up. Seems one should know more about
the exact identity of what they are eating:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heart_of_palm

Excuse me for just stopping at wikipedia, but I am kind-of in a
hurry this morning.

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