On 5/28/2021 12:46 PM, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> ..nt
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> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
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> United States
>
> Taro leaf-stems (petioles) for sale at a market in California, 2009
> Taro has been grown for centuries in the United States, though it has
> never attained the same popularity as in Asian and Pacific nations.
> William Bartram observed South Carolina Sea Islands residents eating
> roasted roots of the plant, which they called tanya, in 1791, and by the
> 19th century it was common as a food crop from Charleston to
> Louisiana.[82] In the 1920s, dasheen[nb 1], as it was known, was highly
> touted by the Secretary of the Florida Department of Agriculture as a
> valuable crop for growth in muck fields.[84] Fellsmere, Florida, near
> the east coast, was a farming area deemed perfect for growing dasheen.
> It was used in place of potatoes and dried to make flour. Dasheen flour
> was said to make excellent pancakes when mixed with wheat flour. Since
> the late 20th century, taro chips have been available in many
> supermarkets and natural food stores, and taro is often used in American
> Chinatowns, in Chinese cuisine.
>
>

In its raw form, the plant is toxic due to the presence of calcium
oxalate,[52][53] and the presence of needle-shaped raphides in the plant
cells. However, the toxin can be minimized and the tuber rendered
palatable by cooking,[54] or by steeping in cold water overnight.

Corms of the small, round variety are peeled and boiled, then sold
either frozen, bagged in their own liquids, or canned.


I think I want me some corm-nuts!

Or chips.

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