Food for the Eyes Only
T’S a little disappointing that Tane, when he planned the forest trees, didn’t make more provision for gastronomic taste. Why couldn’t sweet, luscious syrup ooze from our titoki? Perhaps -Tane aimed higher-appealing to the visual sense and through that to the poetical. The Maoris in their gift of oratory and rhythm seem to give expression to this sensuous environment. The titoki is a most attractive treethe tinted foliage and then the fruit! What could be more satisfying to the eye than those sprays of artisticallyarranged berries-the shining black seed poised in the centre of the scarlet aril, or beaded pulp, which the brown seedcase holds out so temptingly-and the colouring-glistening black, bright scarlet, and richest brown.-(" Bush Trekking," Rewa Glenn, 2YA, March 17).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 145, 2 April 1942, Page 3
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128Food for the Eyes Only New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 145, 2 April 1942, Page 3
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