[Aroid-l] Aroid recipes/edibility

From: gcyao at mydestiny.net (George Yao) on 2007.09.06 at 15:35:57(16228) John, If you acquire any from this source and it survives, be sure to let me know, and I will surely try again. George Yao +More Metro-Manila At 9/6/2007 05:03 AM, you wrote: >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. > > > > >-----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 > >_______________________________________________ >Aroid-L mailing list >Aroid-L at www.gizmoworks.com >http://www.gizmoworks.com/mailman/listinfo/aroid-l > > > > >-- >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: >9/5/2007 2:55 PM -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.6/991 - Release Date: 9/5/2007 2:55 PM

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