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发帖数: 6973 | 1 If you are not interested, you may just read the quotations, without reading
the articles.
(1) Anne Raver, Growing Your Own Horseradish. New York Times, Apr. 1, 2010.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/01/garden/01horseradish.html?scp=1&sq=horseradish&st=cse
Quote:
"The English word 'horseradish' probably evolved from the German '
meerrettich,' which means sea-radish (the plant grows wild in coastal areas)
, which was misunderstood by the English, who associated 'meer' with 'mahre,
' an old horse
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发帖数: 6973 | 2 Sugar
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugar
("Traveling Buddhist monks brought sugar crystalization methods to China.
During the reign of Harsha (r. 606–647) in North India, Indian envoys in
Tang China taught sugarcane cultivation methods after Emperor Taizong of
Tang (r. 626–649) made his interest in sugar known, and China soon
established its first sugarcane cultivation in the seventh century. Chinese
documents confirm at least two missions to India, initiated in 647 AD, for
obtaining technology |
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