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There’s nothing like Christmas lunch to make you think about food. But if, like me, you’re dining in the Amazon, the scenario gets downright odd. It’s not just eating out in the garden, under an avocado tree, with hummingbirds zipping between bromeliads and hibiscuses as the temperature soars, it’s what’s on the plate.
Forget Brussels sprouts, parsnips and chestnuts, they don’t exist here so we have to be innovative: very young cocoa pods can sub for Brussels, while peach palm fruits make plausible parsnips. Araucaria nuts – kept since their brief appearance in…
