Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 > The American English version of Word does not recognize " vegan " as a > word that exists in its dictionary. > > It offers " began " , " Vegas " and " Megan " as its corrections. > > Hmmm. I imagine MS Word lags behind in their spellchecker as in many things. I noticed that the 4th edition of Webster's New World College Edition does include it. Never have used Word; at the moment I'm running Open Office, even for my magazine, finding it quite adequate. And it's free, can't beat that. www.openoffice.com Anytime I can get away from Microsoft, I do. BTW, what is POI? That's a new one on me. Randal Matheny Forthright Magazine http://www.forthright.net Cloudburst Poetry http://cloudburstpoetry.com Random Variables blog http://random.antville.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 >>The American English version of Word does not recognize " vegan " as a >>word that exists in its dictionary. Netscape let it by, so it must be in their spellchecker. Just occurred to me to check it. Randal Matheny Forthright Magazine http://www.forthright.net Cloudburst Poetry http://cloudburstpoetry.com Random Variables blog http://random.antville.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 , " Alcanceweb.com " <listas@a...> wrote: > > > BTW, what is POI? That's a new one on me. Point of information. Isn't it also an Asian dish? Have no idea what's in it. > > Doreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 1) Poi is made from the popular taro plant: the 14th most cultivated crop on earth.2) Known in scientific circles as Colocasia esculenta, taro is cultivated both in the dry uplands and in marshy land irrigated by streams. The planters of wetland taro built walls of earth reinforced with stone to enclose the taro patch, or lo`i .3) Although taro is eaten around the world, only Hawaiians make poi. Traditionally they cooked the starchy, potato-like taro root, or corm, for hours in an underground oven called an imu. Then they pounded the taro corms on large flat boards called Papa ku`i`ai, using heavy stone poi pounders called pohaku ku`i `ai. The taro was pounded into a smooth, sticky paste called pa`i`ai, then stored air tight in ti leaf bundles and banana sheaths for storage or future trading. By slowly adding water to the pa`i`ai, which was then mixed and kneaded, the perfect poi consistency was created.4) Poi was traditionally enjoyed with fresh fish, seaweed, breadfruit and sweet potato -- an incredibly tasty and nutritious meal. And when it came to eating poi -- fingers were the utensil of choice. One, two, or three fingers to scoop out the pudding -- two finger poi was considered the best! And many Hawaiians loved their poi fermented a bit, giving it a unique, slightly sour taste.5) The bowl of poi was considered so important and sacred a part of daily Hawaiian life that whenever a bowl of poi was uncovered at the family dinner table, it was believed that the spirit of Haloa, the ancestor of the Hawaiian people, was present. Because of that, all conflict among family members had to came to an immediate halt.In other words: Be happy. Eat poi. , "Alcanceweb.com" <listas@a...> wrote:> > > BTW, what is POI? That's a new one on me.Point of information. Isn't it also an Asian dish? Have no idea what's in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2003 Report Share Posted September 23, 2003 Hi Doreen! LOL It is a Hawaiian dish made from mashed taro root. Susan R. - Doreen Bell-Dotan Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:55 AM Re: Interesting POI (OT) , "Alcanceweb.com" <listas@a...> wrote:> > > BTW, what is POI? That's a new one on me.Point of information. Isn't it also an Asian dish? Have no idea what's in it.> > Doreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 24, 2003 Report Share Posted September 24, 2003 , " Susan Rhee " <sulerhee49@e...> wrote: > Hi Doreen! > > LOL > > It is a Hawaiian dish made from mashed taro root. > > Susan R. LOL back atcha. What's taro root? Sorry, been long gone. A generation has come and gone since I left the country and I'm in a cultural warp. Doreen > - > Doreen Bell-Dotan > > Tuesday, September 23, 2003 9:55 AM > Re: Interesting POI (OT) > > > , " Alcanceweb.com " > <listas@a...> wrote: > > > > BTW, what is POI? That's a new one on me. > > Point of information. Isn't it also an Asian dish? Have no idea > what's in it. > > > > Doreen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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