edible rhizomes

From: "Peter Boyce" boyce at pothos.demon.co.uk> on 2003.05.07 at 06:17:49(10197) Hi Les Edible rhizomes: ginger (Zingiber officinale), galangal (Alpinia galanga, A. officinarum) and laos (Kaempferia spp.). Edible corms: chinese water cestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and arrow leaf (Sagittaria spp.). +More Pete

From: "Chanrit Sinhabaedya" siamanthus at hotmail.com> on 2003.05.08 at 17:23:31(10218) Here in Thailand we used corms/tubers/rhyzome of various group of plants for cooking. Apart from aroids, we also use flour from Tacca leontopetaloides corms for making dessert, tubers of Dioscorea hispida is sometimes used for carbohydrate food instead of rice, and rhizome of many gingers are essential seasoning ingredient for many thai-dish such as Zingiber officinale, Boesenbergia rotunda, Alpinia galanga or even Kaempferia galanga. :) Chanrit Sinhabaedya +More Bangkok, Thailand. Reply-To: aroid-l@lists.ncsu.edu To: Subject: [aroid-l] edible rhizomes Date: Wed, 7 May 2003 08:17:49 +0200 Hi Les Edible rhizomes: ginger (Zingiber officinale), galangal (Alpinia galanga, A. officinarum) and laos (Kaempferia spp.). Edible corms: chinese water cestnut (Eleocharis dulcis) and arrow leaf (Sagittaria spp.). Pete _________________________________________________________________ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?pageþatures/featuredemail

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