[Aroid-l] Aroid recipes/edibility

From: criswick at spiceisle.com (criswick) on 2007.09.05 at 21:03:13(16220) 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. +More -----Original Message----- From: aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com [mailto:aroid-l-bounces at gizmoworks.com] 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. -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.3/986 - Release Date: 9/3/2007 9:31 AM _______________________________________________ Aroid-L mailing list Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l

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