On Fri, 28 May 2021 12:52:02 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
> wrote:

>On 5/28/2021 12:46 PM, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
>> ..nt
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>> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
>>
>> 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.
>>
>>
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>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.
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>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!
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>Or chips.
>
>https://www.onlyfromhawaii.com/onlin...-oz-p129037166
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>https://www.onlyfromhawaii.com/onlin...-oz-p116018311
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