Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.

Title: RE: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.
Hi Tom-
Not sure what you mean- many of them sold in groceries here are certainly sagittifolium  or robustum, but I don't know how to tell for sure which is which (Enlighten me, please!) On the topic of the original post I i.d. violaceum on the clusters and shapes of the tubers as well as the brown/purple color of the dormant buds and skins on the tubers-Some clones are obviously more beautiful than others - Anyway , they're one of God's few creations that like August in Texas as long as you keep them wet:-)
Steve
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 1:23 PM
Subject: RE: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.

Steve:  Are you sure that they are X. sagittifolium?  According to Eduardo Gonçalves the species that they cultivate in Florida is X. robustum Schott.

Tom

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Ritchey [mailto:sritchey@shreve.net]
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 10:18 PM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.


Well, you're in the U.K. and I'm in Texas, but here, this would most likely
be Xanthosoma violaceum- Supermarket chains send in crates of these and
Colocasias around Easter even though the local produce people have no idea
what they are or what to do with them- I don't think anyone here ever eats
them, but gardeners buy them for foundation plants and treat them like a
summer "bulb"- They store better than potatoes in our climate, but I can't
eat them without a heavy dose of slow-cooked garlic, olive oil, salt, and
Java pepper :-) Bon apetit!!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Neil Gordon" <neil@ng23.abelgratis.co.uk>
To: "Discussion of aroids" <aroid-l@gizmoworks.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 16, 2005 1:21 PM
Subject: [Aroid-l] Tubers bought in a market.


> Ok, Ive 'gone in'.
>
> The inside of this tuber is a white flesh, with a purple marble type
> pattern throughout it. The skin (which is brown, has an almost beetroot
> colour right next to the flesh when scraped away.
> Its very slimy! About as slimy as Okra inside! (Which are also going in
> the curry!).
>
> Ive had a search throughout google, and 'Kand' as it was labled in the
> market, seems to be a fairly non specific name for types of Yam and
> Yam-like tubers.
>
> Could this be 'Purple Yam' - which ive seen on one or two recipes that use
> 'Kand', in which case its a Dioscorea, not an Amorph. :-(
>
> Neil
>
> (Indigestion update to follow!)
>
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