www射-国产免费一级-欧美福利-亚洲成人福利-成人一区在线观看-亚州成人

USEUROPEAFRICAASIA 中文雙語Fran?ais
China
Home / China / Top Stories

It's time to celebrate the Great Pumpkin

By James Healy | China Daily | Updated: 2015-09-21 07:59

Now that the heat of summer has relented and autumn graces us once more with its gentle presence, let's talk pumpkins.

In my home country of the United States, alas, the pumpkin gets its due only at this time of year, although with a big splash.

Among the most heartwarming examples of Americana is the animated It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, a 1966 TV special that airs every year in October and explores the character Linus' obsession with the mythical Great Pumpkin.

"Each year," Linus says with a conviction shared by absolutely no one else, "the Great Pumpkin rises out of the pumpkin patch that he thinks is the most sincere ... and brings toys to all the children of the world."

Although the legendary pumpkin is ubiquitous in China, its use in the West, particularly in North America where it originated, is much more varied.

The results are often more delectable, too - from pancakes and bread (I have the world's best recipe), to pumpkin chocolate chip cookies and muffins, to cheesecake and mousse.

Furthermore, a Thanksgiving or Christmas feast isn't complete without pumpkin pie, a time-honored tradition in which cinnamon and nutmeg work magic together, and which no red-blooded American can do without.

And so in China, where pumpkins are plentiful year-round, a flight of fancy takes off: With President Xi Jinping's first state visit to the United States just around the corner, in magnificent autumn, what better way to improve US-China ties than with a bilateral celebration of this wonderful fall squash?

Xi and US President Barack Obama could find common ground, quite literally, while choosing worthy candidates at a pumpkin patch, where the gigantic gourds pass their days on the vine until plump and ready to be picked.

They could be just like eyes-agog schoolkids choosing proper "punkies" they'll take home to carve into customized "jack-o'-lanterns" - the hollowed-out pumpkins with ghoulishly carved faces that, when lit at night with candles or flashlights, create an eerie ambience on the bewitching holiday of Halloween.

Imagine the rapport-building levity as the distinguished, often somber leaders of the world's top two economies giggle while carving cartoonish faces that resemble their favorite world leaders and, like kids across the US, teasingly fling seeds and raw pumpkin pulp at each other.

Then they could move to the kitchen table and sample the wonders that both China and the US have worked with this most versatile of fruits (China's pumpkin soups and porridges are simply unrivaled).

After all, if the common Western saying that the way to a man's heart is through his stomach holds true, then maybe a warm slice of pumpkin pie or a bowl of piping-hot pumpkin soup with a dollop of cream might forever change the course of world events.

Contact the writer at jameshealy@chinadaily.com.cn

Editor's picks
Copyright 1995 - . All rights reserved. The content (including but not limited to text, photo, multimedia information, etc) published in this site belongs to China Daily Information Co (CDIC). Without written authorization from CDIC, such content shall not be republished or used in any form. Note: Browsers with 1024*768 or higher resolution are suggested for this site.
License for publishing multimedia online 0108263

Registration Number: 130349
FOLLOW US
主站蜘蛛池模板: 久9视频这里只有精品 | 免费特黄一级欧美大片 | 在线免费观看精品 | 亚洲精品视频免费 | 亚洲精品免费视频 | 成人免费毛片观看 | 亚洲乱码一区二区三区国产精品 | 91色综合综合热五月激情 | 99精品久久久久久 | 免费一级毛片在线播放视频 | 日本高清在线精品一区二区三区 | 免费看一区二区三区 | 日本wwwwwwwww| 国产精品久久久久久久免费 | 日本国产一区二区三区 | 中国一级做a爰片久久毛片 中日韩欧美一级毛片 | 亚洲成人免费视频 | 欧美aaaaa一级毛片在线 | 激情欧美日韩一区二区 | 手机在线观看一级午夜片 | 伊人久久在线视频 | 日韩视频中文字幕 | 在线视频一区二区 | 香蕉依依精品视频在线播放 | 狠狠澡夜夜澡人人爽 | 在线播放另类 | 热热涩热热狠狠色香蕉综合 | 欧美亚洲中日韩中文字幕在线 | 亚洲精品一区二区观看 | 欧美日韩精品一区二区三区高清视频 | 成人免费网址在线 | 91久久线看在观草草青青 | 亚洲 欧美 丝袜 | 18免费网站 | 夜夜骚视频 | 欧美视频一区二区三区精品 | 久久99精品视频在线在线观看 | a一级| 欧美成人综合 | 日韩经典中文字幕 | 国产自在自线午夜精品 |