Anyone here heard of or are you a big fan of the pacific island root vegetable Taro..
I ate it a lot in New Zealand... It's said to have a natural steroid quality but that claim has never been substantiated... Can anyone shed any light on this claim
Thank you
I ate it a lot in New Zealand... It's said to have a natural steroid quality but that claim has never been substantiated... Can anyone shed any light on this claim
Thank you
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Tue, April 10, 2007 - 12:12 AMdid you eat it raw? i've read that it must be cooked. -
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Fri, April 13, 2007 - 1:55 PMgood for putting on weight tho as our island culture clearly show...;0)
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Wed, April 18, 2007 - 5:34 AMNo!.. Course I didn't eat it raw..
It'll make yer mouth go bright pink and swollen if you eat it raw.. -
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Tue, April 24, 2007 - 12:00 AMYes, i thought i read that somewhere so I decided to not purchase any.
I did not know the effects of eating it raw, though.
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Sun, April 15, 2007 - 12:30 AMTaro is awesome, very tasty.
There is a huge population of pacific island people here in SF, so you can imagine it's readily available in a lot of grocery stores.
How about yucca root or malanga? -
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Wed, April 18, 2007 - 5:36 AMI don't know much about yucca root but heard it's good for flexibilty...can anyone confirm?? I shall do a search..
As for malanga... I've never heard of it... has a pacific sound to it...
Tell us all some more skooter... -
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Tue, April 24, 2007 - 2:50 AM> Tell us all some more skooter...
I don't know much about it except that it is the most hypoallergenic food in the world and it's closely related to taro and the popular houseplant spathyphylum. Also known as Japanese potatoes.
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Mon, May 28, 2007 - 8:36 PMI don't know of the steriod, though there are more than one kind of edible taro, one is called Tanya/
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Tue, May 29, 2007 - 4:41 PMTaro is yummy and taro burgers are too, although I went raw and have not eaten one recently.
Also the root of the taro is used to make poi which does have many healing benefits... steroid qualities I am not so sure about, although many claim it aids in losing weight, but what doesn't these days??
