I often see people make assumptions about so many fruits vegetables and in this case fruitand leaves. In the Mexico City program, which was wonderful, Andrew mentioned precolumbian, use of Banana leaves. Bananas in all forms are asian natives and like Mangos and Sugar cane are Asian, as are so many other fruits. In the other direction, Papayas and Passionfruit and Squash,and all chile peppers including all chinese, thai, yes ALL chile peppers are new world. Because they have been used for hundreds of years (not ancient or for Millenia) they are assumed to be native. Very little research is necessary to find out where your food comes from. I think it is something that brings us together and shows us how, even our common foods are shared everywhere on the planet. Patrick