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On Saturday, May 29, 2021 at 1:41:31 PM UTC-4, wolfy's new skateboard wrote:
> On 5/29/2021 2:38 AM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > > On Friday, May 28, 2021 at 4:38:42 PM UTC-4, wolfy's new skateboard wrote: > >> On 5/28/2021 1:43 PM, jmcquown wrote: > >>> On 5/28/2021 3:36 PM, Cindy Hamilton wrote: > >>>> On Friday, May 28, 2021 at 2:46:51 PM UTC-4, wolfy's new skateboard > >>>> wrote: > >>>>> ..nt > >>>>> > >>>>> 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. > >>>> > >>>> Yet it never seemed to catch on the way corn, wheat, potatoes, and > >>>> rice have. > >>>> > >>>> In the Darwinian pressures of starch selection, it was far from "the > >>>> fittest". > >>>> > >>>> If you eat meat and vegetables, you don't need taro as a "superfood". It > >>>> doesn't even have that much fiber. Poi has a paltry 1 gram per cup. > >>>> > >>>> Cindy Hamilton > >>>> > >>> It's mostly carbs. > >>> > >>> Jill > >> PHENOLS! > > > > VEGETABLES! > > > > Cindy Hamilton > > > Some have high phenols, others not so much. > > So? If you eat a good quantity of a variety of vegetables, you'll get plenty of phenols. No need to eat poi. Cindy Hamilton |