On Fri, 28 May 2021 12:46:47 -0600, wolfy's new skateboard
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>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taro
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>United States
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>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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