Comments on: Cooking with Banana Leaves http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/25/cooking-with-banana-leaves/ Culinary Rants & Raves from Bay Area Foodies and Professionals Wed, 08 Feb 2012 19:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Thy Tran http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/25/cooking-with-banana-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-2280 Thy Tran Fri, 29 Feb 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/25/cooking-with-banana-leaves/#comment-2280 Sorry about the confusion! My family doesn't send me banana leaves...they send me rice cakes that have been wrapped and steamed INSIDE banana leaves. The rice cakes are in that first photo, on the left. The scent of the leaves is even stronger after cooking, even days later when I opened the box. Sorry about the confusion! My family doesn’t send me banana leaves…they send me rice cakes that have been wrapped and steamed INSIDE banana leaves. The rice cakes are in that first photo, on the left. The scent of the leaves is even stronger after cooking, even days later when I opened the box.

]]> By: Anonymous http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/25/cooking-with-banana-leaves/comment-page-1/#comment-2253 Anonymous Tue, 26 Feb 2008 00:01:00 +0000 http://blogs.kqed.org/bayareabites/2008/02/25/cooking-with-banana-leaves/#comment-2253 What perfect timing! I'll be heading out to an Asian/Latino market for some frozen banana leaves for Puerco Pibil. Thanks for the tip on fresh banana leaves available at Berkeley Bowl!<br/><br/>I am confused that your relatives in the Midwest would send you (in SF) fresh banana leaves this time of the year? What am I missing? ;) What perfect timing! I’ll be heading out to an Asian/Latino market for some frozen banana leaves for Puerco Pibil. Thanks for the tip on fresh banana leaves available at Berkeley Bowl!

I am confused that your relatives in the Midwest would send you (in SF) fresh banana leaves this time of the year? What am I missing? ;)

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