[ClearCase_guy]

Years ago I worked with a Chinese woman who laughed at inappropriate times. I'm told that this is a Chinese habit when they are uncomfortable. She was young in China during Mao's "Great Leap Forward".

Anyway, we were talking about Halloween, and I mentioned carving pumpkins.
She said, "Pumpkins! Yes! We grew a lot of pumpkins in China!"
I said, "Really? I never knew that. I think of pumpkins as a very American, very New England kind of vegetable."
"Oh, no! We grew many pumpkins! My grandfather grew more pumpkins than anyone else in the village! That's why the government killed him."
And then she laughed in a very unnerving way.

[sushiman]

Chinese / Japanese pumpkins are a quite different are a quite different varirty ( and are green on the outside ) and used in various dishes . Quite tasty .

[sushiman]

Chinese / Japanese pumpkins are a quite different different variety ( and are green on the outside ) and used in various dishes . Quite tasty .