Soak bamboo skewers in water for 15-30 minutes to keep them from burning when grilled.

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It is a scenic drive: lotus ponds, bamboo groves, water buffalo, the familiar smell of rice blossoms.

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They are the ornamentation motifs of flower, vine, flame, lotus petals, bamboo-shoot or water-buffalo teeth, used to decorate objects and architectural elements throughout Cambodia, and people have long drawn these motifs from the environment and social life - from the Angkorian period to today.

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And it's perfectly normal to snack on fried insects in Thailand, where fried giant water bugs, crickets, bamboo worms and grasshoppers are ubiquitous and served in scoops for snacking whole.

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Dropping bamboo with fishing line and some makeshift hooks into the water to catch piranha after piranha for tambaqui stew, their hideous faces begging to be thrown back in, was.

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On the other are vegetable fields, several meters below the water level, and atop the dike sit a few shacks made of bamboo and plastic.

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Standard green features in each home include LED lighting, recycled glass countertops, a high-efficiency water heater, water-conserving fixtures including dual-flush toilets, FSC-certified bamboo flooring, EnergyStar appliances, zero-VOC paints, finishes, and adhesives, a whole-house ventilation system, low-E windows, high levels of insulation, a fully recyclable, heat-deflecting cool roof, exterior wood siding and decking made from FSC-certified cedar, and much more.

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