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A Taro Recipe Collection
the many tastes of a world crop
Taro is a starchy root crop found in all continents and across the oceans. Explore the history, enjoy the recipes, and tell us more!
Taro links
Colocasia info at the Aroid Society website. Highly recommended.
Wild taro research project (contact Dr P. J. Matthews if you wish to see this project website).
Below: a cartload of taro leaves, with the driver sleeping on top (PJM, Myanmar).
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The forums under the Forum menu cover all the main geographic regions where taro is grown and eaten. To post your own messages, please Sign Up (see box at upper right).
This network has been create to raise awareness of the full diversity of culinary uses of taro, across the world. Taro (Colocasia esculenta) is an ancient root crop of tropical and temperate regions of the world, and has been used by millions of people for hundreds or thousands of years. Despite this long history, and wide use, it has been little studied and the crop is not considered a major commodity crop. It is nevertheless an important component of food security and food culture for local communities in many regions of the world.
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Taro shochu from Palau - a world first 1 Reply
Started by Peter Matthews in Australia and Pacific Islands. Last reply by peter rasmussen Nov 6, 2008.
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Japanese taro cv Ishikawa-wase goes well in a Thai-style coconut curry
Last night we had some home cooking with newly harvested, small corms of cv Ishikawa-wase, a common early-maturing taro cultivar in Japan.
After peeling, the corms were cooked together in closed pot, with pieces of pork, and flavouring of…
ContinuePosted by Peter Matthews on December 19, 2011 at 1:00pm
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