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I have a funny suspicion that the Korean 'yuja' mentioned by Joy is the same as the bizarro variant 'yuzu' I tasted in San Diego, back in March -- it was largish and orange, and it had a flattened shape.

The yuja doesn't have a flattened shape--it was basically the size and shape of an orange, if I remember correctly. But the name similarity is suggestive; is the yuzu from Asia? It's generally made into a marmalade, which is then dissolved in hot water to make yuja tea, which just the thing you want to drink when you have a nasty cold. Lovely stuff. I'll have to keep an eye out for the marmalade the next time I'm in a Korean grocery store.

Not sure if this has a different name in North America, but Koreans have a citrus called the "yuja" (something along the lines of an orange crossed with a lemon) that's used to make a lovely tea during the winter.

David--Had never heard that phrase before and had to look it up . . . but a fair comment. :) I'll let more articulate souls carry the argument.

Yonmei, you appear to be arguing that criticism is a one way street. Fans can criticize authors; authors can't criticize fans. God forbid that a fan "suck in a deep breath and get over it" if an author disagrees with them. Certainly kwobtchan has the power to do what she likes in a community that she mods/owns, but that power doesn't mean her decisions are mature. (If it did, one would have to say that all Bush's decisions were good just because he has the power of the presidency.)

I agree with Jason that a couple sentences in Poppy's post are vaguely snarky, but all in all, it seems to me like a rather diplomatically worded piece of writing that exhibits a genuine desire to understand the community member's point-of-view.

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