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

From: "Steve Ritchey" sritchey at shreve.net> on 2005.01.18 at 03:07:33(12591) 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 +More ----- Original Message ----- From: Thomas.Croat@mobot.org To: aroid-l@gizmoworks.com Cc: eduardog@ucb.br 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 Gon?alves 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" To: "Discussion of aroids" 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!) > > _______________________________________________ > Aroid-l mailing list > Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com > http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________Aroid-l mailing listAroid-l@gizmoworks.comhttp://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l _______________________________________________ Aroid-l mailing list Aroid-l@gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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