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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.