To: Slings and Arrows; martin_fierro
To: nickcarraway; JoeProBono
When Spanish missionaries arrived in Oaxaca in the 16th century, they were recruiting converts not just to Christianity but also to the crops they'd brought along — including radishes, de la Vega says. As lore has it, the indigenous locals already had a pretty strong wood-carving tradition, so the Spanish said, hey, why not carve these radishes? 
4 posted on
12/22/2012 4:22:12 PM PST by
Alex Murphy
("If you are not firm in faith, you will not be firm at all" - Isaiah 7:9)
To: nickcarraway
They’re back! I usually only see them after ten or twelve Margaritas.
5 posted on
12/22/2012 4:27:08 PM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: nickcarraway
Call out the VEG-O-MATICS!!! They’ll never take me alive, the fiends!!!
6 posted on
12/22/2012 4:28:49 PM PST by
blueunicorn6
("A crack shot and a good dancer")
To: nickcarraway
Sorta like Triffids, but better with onion dip.
To: nickcarraway
Makes me want to dance!
13 posted on
12/22/2012 10:00:48 PM PST by
Daffynition
(Self-respect: the secure feeling that no one, as yet, is suspicious. ~ HLM)
To: nickcarraway
The Mayans sacrificed humans, we all know about that but I heard recently, on the “History Channel”, so take that for what it’s worth, that the reason they sacrificed humans was to “fuel the sun”. How can anyone take anything they had to say seriously?
Akin to Brigham Young stating that people lived on the sun.
15 posted on
12/22/2012 10:47:42 PM PST by
Graybeard58
("Civil rights” leader and MSNB-Hee Haw host Al Sharpton - Larry Elder)
To: nickcarraway
Been there (at Christmas), done that. It was brilliant. Those are some talented radish-carvers. And the food in Oaxaca is superb.
19 posted on
12/23/2012 8:29:00 AM PST by
La Lydia
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