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cross-posted from: https://feddit.uk/post/10399931

Naturalists have found a very rare type of truffle living in a Scottish forestry plantation which is being cut down so a natural Atlantic rainforest can grow in its place.

The discovery of the globally rare fungus near Creagan in the west Highlands has thrown up a paradox: the work to remove the non-native Sitka spruce, to allow rewilding by native trees, means the truffle will be lost.

Chamonixia caespitosa, a type of truffle normally found in the Alps and Scandinavia, has only been recorded once before in the UK, in north Wales, seven years ago. Inedible to humans, it has a symbiotic relationship specific to this species of spruce. When it ripens, its white fruit turns a mottled blue in contact with the air.

The naturalists involved are puzzled about how it arrived in Scotland; it is very unusual for fungus spores to travel to the UK on the wind, and the UK’s Sitka plantations were grown from seeds originally imported from Canada.

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/7838159

Even ScoMo would be proud. Escaped in a cloud of diarrhea

Many signature French cheeses currently rely on just one single fragile strain of fungi — Penicillium camemberti — which is unfortunately at risk of dying out.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/12041593

Countless fans took to social media to share ways they're enjoying brie before the cheese is gone for good

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/12699782

Vietnamese lore tells us that over two thousand years ago the Red River Valley of northern Vietnam was home to powerful indigenous kingdoms, fortified capitals, and exquisite bronze craftsmanship. In contrast, the neighboring Chinese Han Empire claimed the region was inhabited by unsophisticated “barbarians” in need of “civilizing”, prompting imperial annexation of the region. This lecture explores the region’s archaeological record and what it means for scholarly debates, as well as for Vietnam’s national imagination, cultural heritage, and descendant identities.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/16527542

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/11469901

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/10346894

Hidden off of Bangkok's Sukhumvit 23, there's a Vietnamese restaurant where it's still turn-of-the-century French Saigon. It's in a building literally disassembled piece-by-piece in Vietnam, brought to Bangkok, and rebuilt- and inside, that's exactly what happened to the family behind Le Dalat.

This is the story of Doan Ngoc Hoa, better known as Madame Susan, and the incredible, opulent, harrowing, one-of-a-kind story that brought her- and her food- from Vietnam to Thailand, by way of old Paris. And it's a story about a dinner party that started in the 19th century and still hasn't stopped- and one that we were lucky enough to join for an unforgettable evening.

Có thể đọc bài báo bằng tiếng Việt theo đường dẫn ờ dưới:

Tiếng Việt | English

Canned foods serve as a good reminder that the food we eat, and hence our bodies are inextricably linked to the political-economic system that conditions one's life and communities and the uncomfortable history behind them. The stories of canned food also weave a common thread between people who are on the receiving end of imperialism and global capitalism — the Moroccan laborers on the ports of Safi, the poor Tamil migrants that were pushed to poverty by European colonizers, working-class French people and Vietnamese living in the country and overseas all share a page in history, a taste of the presence and a path to the future.

Có thể thấy, đồ hộp là lời nhắc nhở rằng mỗi con người và những món ăn nuôi dưỡng họ đều có một liên hệ mật thiết. Đó chính là hệ thống kinh tế-chính trị định đoạt cuộc đời của từng người, từng cộng đồng và chương lịch sử giông bão đằng sau đó. Những câu chuyện về đồ hộp cũng dệt nên mối tương quan giữa những người đang ở chương cuối cuối chủ nghĩa đế quốc và chương đầu của chủ nghĩa tư bản toàn cầu. Họ là người lao động Maroc trên các cảng cá Safi, người di dân Tamil nghèo khổ bị bần cùng hóa bởi thực dân châu Âu, người Pháp thuộc tầng lớp lao động và người Việt trong nước cũng như ngoài nước. Tất cả chúng ta đều chia sẻ chung một trang lịch sử, cùng nếm trải một hương vị, và một con đường hướng đến tương lai.

Risk, rewards and remittances in Vietnam 's Nghe An province

"Nghe An and Ha Tinh provinces are the two regions in Vietnam that account for the majority of Vietnamese working illegally or living as undocumented workers in the UK"

"The majority of those who died in Essex in 2019 were from the two provinces, and most - 21 of them - were from Nghe An."