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Monday, June 23, 2008

Fruit Salad Recipe Tips

Kiwi and Pineapple don't get along. In fact, they hate each other. These two fruits, these proud ambassadors of quasi-Polynesian rivals - I say "quasi-Polynesian" because I'm not really too sure whether New Zealand and Hawaii are technically part of Polynesia - and in any case, it's less a case of the respective fruits originating in Hawaii or Aoteoroa, and more that they've just become emblematic of those zones - but Polynesian or not, both are undeniably island nations (except for Hawaii, which is of course a State) with a strong Pacific Islander cultural presence and identity, justifying the use of the label.

What the fuck is Polynesia anyway? Is it part of Micronesia? Or is Micronesia the smaller part of Polynesia? Is there some greater Macronesia that encompasses them both? And if so, during the war, which side was it on?

I bet those damn Macronesians threw in with the Axis. Maybe not willingly - maybe some of them were more or less forced - but I bet they kow towed with some degree of enthusiasm nonetheless. Damn I hate kow towers.

I bet in the capital of Macronesia, there is a gigantic, megalithic complex of interlocked, interwinding, skyscraping towers with bridges spanning the gaps between them, and that structure is called the Kow Towers. And if so...they fucking well deserve it.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Kiwi is actually an import to New Zealand, it is originally from China. It is also known as the Chinese gooseberry.

dogimo said...

Yes - as I said, it's not that these fruits are native so much as it's that they're emblematic. Pineapple was brought in to Hawaii too - it's not native. The Hawaiian word for pineapple is "halakahiki," which means “foreign fruit.”

Thank you for your response!

Oh yes, in case anyone cares or is disturbed by it, yes, both NZ and HA are part of Polynesia.