Re: Xanthosoma sagittifolia

From: Don Burns donburns at macconnect.com> on 2000.03.28 at 00:28:02(4266) >Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:21:19 -0600 (CST) >Reply-To: denis@skg.com >Originator: aroid-l@mobot.org +More >Sender: aroid-l@mobot.org >Precedence: bulk >From: Denis >To: aroid-owner@mobot.org >Subject: Re: Xanthosoma sagittifolia >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Eroc: > >Here in Miami-Dade County Florida where there are a lot of Carribean >immigrants settled, Xanthosoma sagittifolia is a staple found in most of >the local grocery stores. >To some degree it is a very ethnic starch source not unlike potato. >Julius Boos is the expert on the use of these Xanthosoma Rhizomes as a >food source. He grew up in Trinadad and several times has prepared >dishes for allof us to taste at our South Florida Aroid meetings. Very >tasty. However, you are probably not interested in their culinary >attributes, you just want rhizome so you can grow the little buggers. If >you send an address I will get a few next time I go to the store and >send them off in a box on UPS. > >Denis at Silver Krome Gardens >Homestead Florida > >toeric@ev1.net wrote: > >> I have been told that Xanthosoma sagittifolia grows like a >> weed in some areas and there may be folks here on the list more >> than happy to give some away. So I figure it can't hurt to ask. >> Anyone have some of this giant they are will to share? Thank >> y'all for your help (and patience with me.) >> >> -- >> Eric, (southeast Texas, zone 8b) > > > >Content-Type: text/x-vcard; charset=us-ascii; name="vcard.vcf" >Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit >Content-Description: Card for Denis Rotolante >Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="vcard.vcf" > > > vcard.vcf

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