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Maize: Columbus’ Cuban Discovery
By Wombat | 
No Comments » Never did Christopher Columbus expect that one of the grains brought back by two of his Spanish sailors from Cuba, where they weighed anchor in 1492, would become a popular foodstuff in Southeast Asia — the region he actually wanted to discover.
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Bakso - Meatballs on the Go: Indonesia
By Wombat | 1 Comment » One of the foods with Chinese culinary overtones is bakso, which literally means pork ball in some Chinese dialects. Originating from northern China the pork meatball came rolling down into Southeast Asia and set foot in Indonesia some 20 years ago.
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Shake a Coconut: Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » The water of young coconuts, which has a delicate nutty flavor, is one of the most popular natural thirst quenchers in the tropics.
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Forests Need 120 Years to Recover: Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » Indonesian deforestation has been so severe it would take 120 years to regain the 60 million hectares of lost forests, Forestry Minister M.S. Kaban says.
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‘Warias’ of the Wasteland: Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » While returning home one evening last week after blowing the froth off a few ales on Jakarta’s street of backpackers and broken dreams (Jl. Jaksa), my Blue Bird hansom cab passed over the river/canal overpass that connects Menteng with the skyscrapers of Jl. Rasuna Said.
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Bubur: Indonesia
By Wombat | 1 Comment » Some people say it’s baby food, and others comment, “What to do, nasi sudah menjadi bubur” (the rice has already become porridge) — meaning it’s hopeless, because something has been done entirely wrong with disastrous results. In other words, because of too much water, steamed rice has turned into porridge and is thus no longer fit to serve with side dishes.
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Dealing with Corpses: Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » Not the best subject to talk about at a party but Duncan Graham of Indonesia Now wrote an article recently about this subject:
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From Doufu to Tahu: Indonesia
By Wombat | 1 Comment » Tofu is said to have been invented more than 4,000 years ago and in all those years it has been a very nutritious foodstuff in China, its land of origin, where the byproduct of soybeans became known as tofou and later on was more popularly called doufu.
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Biofuel and Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » However imperative and urgent fuel diversification may be to reduce Indonesia’s dependence on fossil fuels, the biodiesel production plan announced by the government Monday will remain mere fantasy unless the biofuel industry is included in an integrated energy development program and supported with tax incentives, subsidies and regulatory infrastructure.
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Logging Harms Humans: Indonesia
By Wombat | No Comments » The illegal logging that continues unchecked across Indonesia has had a worse impact on human lives than expected, experts say.
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