Meet the Taro, a cosmopolitan food plant. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) looks much like the ornamental Alocasias because it belongs to a closely related genus in the Araceae plant family. Taro was domesticated in Southeast Asia over 10000 years ago, and spread to South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East before the time of the Roman Empire. Taro has important cultural and spiritual significance to Polynesians and other Pacific Islanders since it was their main crop in pre-colonial times and the “older sibling of humanity” in their mythology. The photos, courtesy of my good friend Banana Joe, show the Taro fields on Kauai, Hawaii, USA.
How do you eat Taro? The starchy corm (often misnamed as a “root”) has a sweet nutty taste and a potato-like texture when cooked. Culinary uses for Taro corm are very diverse and vary according to culture, but Taro is more popular for desserts in Asia and a "potato substitute" in the rest of the world.
The most iconic Taro dish in Hawaii is “poi”, a mild-flavoured paste made of pounded corms that sets off the strong flavours of traditional dishes like earth-oven roasted salted pork well.
Taro is a healthy food, containing high fibre, B vitamins, manganese, and potassium. Why not taste the edible cousin of your favourite houseplant?
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These are the snacks I bought when I went to the JawnsOver both at Destiny USA and Sangertown Square. I also bought a drink but Tumblr won’t let me use any more pictures.
Some giggling individuals who've eaten them plenty of times before, challenges Wraithvine to the equivalent of the Deathnut challenge. -- Anon Guest
[AN: I thought this was a thing I wrote about for a hot minute. You can imagine me frantically searching my archives for the thing. Anyway. Death Nuts are a brand of snack that include injurious amounts of capsaicin]
Allowing oneself to experience new things comes with its own risks. Since Wraithvine was gifted an eternal existence, ze was willing to try more than the average intelligent being.
This particular example was presented with a wicked smirk from the Hellkin vendor. "Fresh from the wilds of Machagali." It looked like some colourful fruit in the shape of a Dragon's claw.
Wraithvine knew damn well that Machagali wasn't as wild as most would like to believe. Many of the reptile-folk settlements were cleaner than the "peak of civilisation" that the mammalian life made. "Oh I saw these the last time I went through. Never tried them, alas. It's good to see them again."
I have taken over the cooking of dinuguan for special occasions in my family. This was my dad’s specialty. He is still with us, but is too frail to be taking this on.
This dish is also known as blood pudding, chocolate meat.