Number 4: Eat a new vegetable
April 20, 2019
I randomly chose a vegetable while shopping at Food Basics last week. It is called an Eddoe. Here is the Wikipedia explanation for what it is.
Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,[2] closely related to taro(dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).[3][4] It has smaller corms than taro, and in most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking.[3] The young leaves can also be cooked and eaten, but (unlike taro) they have a somewhat acrid taste.
Apparently Eddoe is pretty good for you, full of vitamins, minerals and fibre. Without doing much research, but because it looked a little like a potato, I decided to slice the eddoe and fry it in butter. It turned out pretty well. I shared it with my parents and my kids. Everyone agreed it was tasty. Mind you, everything tastes better with butter!
I randomly chose a vegetable while shopping at Food Basics last week. It is called an Eddoe. Here is the Wikipedia explanation for what it is.
Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,[2] closely related to taro(dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).[3][4] It has smaller corms than taro, and in most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking.[3] The young leaves can also be cooked and eaten, but (unlike taro) they have a somewhat acrid taste.
Apparently Eddoe is pretty good for you, full of vitamins, minerals and fibre. Without doing much research, but because it looked a little like a potato, I decided to slice the eddoe and fry it in butter. It turned out pretty well. I shared it with my parents and my kids. Everyone agreed it was tasty. Mind you, everything tastes better with butter!
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