Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid recipes/edibility

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Dear George,

	Thank you very much indeed for putting me on to this wonderful firm
in Suriname. I have already written to them. I feel sure that this must be
the plant I'm looking for, and Julius did suggest that it might be X.
brasiliense.  However there seem to be a number of similar plants!

John Criswick.

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On Behalf Of George Yao
Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:40 AM
To: Discussion of aroids
Subject: Re: [Aroid-l] Aroid recipes/edibility

Hello everyone,

Could it be the Tanier Spinach? Here is a link for reference: 
http://www.tropilab.com/tanierspinach.html

I tried ordering once and, unlucky for me, the tuber/rhizome just 
rotted after I planted it.

One time when I learned that an acquaintance once stay in Surinam, I 
asked about it and was told that it tasted quite good.

George Yao
Metro-Manila

At 9/4/2007 11:02 PM, you wrote:

>Dear Julius,

 >>>

>         Anyway, my reason for writing is that in Guyana we used to eat an
>aroid called "spinach".  It was smallish, with dark green sagittate leaves
>about 6 inches long and was cultivated on dry ground as far as I know, and
>had a very delicious flavour.  As I remember it, thorough cooking was
>necessary to avoid it "scratching" your mouth. It was regularly sold in the
>market.  I have seen it in Barbados, but attempts to grow it in Grenada
have
>not been successful.  Do you recognize this plant from my description, and
>is it grown in Trinidad?
>
>         Yours sincerely,
>                                                 John Criswick.

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