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01 Oct

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General Information  This is ginger root that has not matured yet -- it has yellow skin that is not at all wrinkly or hard. The flavor of young ginger is at...

01 Oct

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General Information  Wasabi root is the long, knobby tuber of a branchless plant that produces single-stem, rounded leaves. A mature wasabi root is firm, cylindrical, brown and green-skinned and tapered. It...

01 Oct

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General Information  Common turnips are made up of edible roots, stems, and leaves. Several stems of the plant sprout from the bulbous root into broad green leaves. The root itself is...

01 Oct

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General Information  Turmeric is the rhizome, or root stem, of a tropical blade-leafed plant. The rhizome has an abstract finger-like shape with a rough skin marked with knobs and rings. Turmeric...

01 Oct

Posted at 12:51h in

General Information This is a starchy root with a combination of potato, waterchesnut and artichoke flavors. It is delicious deep-fried, boiled, roasted or pan-fried. Peel the root first, and use as...

01 Oct

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General Information  A sunchoke is an underground vegetable like a cross between a rutabaga, potato, sunflower seed, and water chestnut. A sunchoke, related to the sunflower, makes a delicious addition to...

01 Oct

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General Information  Rutabagas are the roots of a hardy biennial plant, with bluish-colored leaves similar to those of a cabbage, yet smoother. Young leaves can be eaten, though some must remain...

01 Oct

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General Information  Ginger has so many uses and flavors. This convenient pack is expertly peeled to the light brown moist meat. It can then be crushed, chopped or sliced into meat...

01 Oct

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General Information  Parsnips have a long taproot that can grow up to a foot in length and roughly three inches in diameter at the crown. Growing above ground, the plant’s foliage...

01 Oct

Posted at 12:37h in

General Information The tropical yam (Dioscorea alata) should not be confused with sweet potato, which is sometimes called "yam" in the United States. Its consumption by various ethnic groups (African, Caribbean,...