Comments on: Macfarlane — Empire Of Tea http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/4339.html Some Chicago Boyz know each other from student days at the University of Chicago. Others are Chicago boys in spirit. The blog name is also intended as a good-humored gesture of admiration for distinguished Chicago boys including those pictured above. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 06:24:49 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: John http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/4339.html/comment-page-1#comment-21457 John Wed, 16 Aug 2006 15:38:46 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/004339.php#comment-21457 "The tea leaves themselves are edible and are often still used as a key ingredient in soups and rice balls in the poorest parts of Asia." Not just the poorest parts. Eggs boiled in tea are a fast food commodity available in pretty much evrey 7-11 and AM/PM convenience store in Taiwan. “The tea leaves themselves are edible and are often still used as a key ingredient in soups and rice balls in the poorest parts of Asia.”

Not just the poorest parts. Eggs boiled in tea are a fast food commodity available in pretty much evrey 7-11 and AM/PM convenience store in Taiwan.

]]> By: Lex http://chicagoboyz.net/archives/4339.html/comment-page-1#comment-21456 Lex Wed, 16 Aug 2006 12:15:25 +0000 http://www390.pair.com/chicagob/blog/004339.php#comment-21456 James, this is one Macfarlane book you have beat me to, and I will certainly read it. Thank you for the review. Macfarlane touches on many of these points in his book Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap, which I heartily recommend. Some short pieces by Macfarlane himself about the history of tea, and of glass, can be found <a href="http://www.alanmacfarlane.com/FILES/technology.html" rel="nofollow">on this page</a>. James, this is one Macfarlane book you have beat me to, and I will certainly read it. Thank you for the review. Macfarlane touches on many of these points in his book Savage Wars of Peace: England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap, which I heartily recommend.

Some short pieces by Macfarlane himself about the history of tea, and of glass, can be found on this page.

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