z123_us wrote:yeah yeah yeah .... OK I AM STUPID ...
what is a Taro ? :confused:
Aaahh you are no STUPIDER than me z123!!!! I ate it and I still didn't quite know what it was! :bonk: The smoothie was purple in color and the taro inside the bun was a pale purple paste. I did know it was some type of starchy vegetable, and thats all I knew! Go figure! :sweat: I had to look it up when I got home. :confused: It did taste good though! :D
Here is what I found from the free dictionary website:
Noun 1. taro plant - herb of the Pacific islands grown throughout the tropics for its edible root and in temperate areas as an ornamental for its large glossy leaves
Colocasia esculenta, dalo, dasheen, taro
edda, taro root, cocoyam, dasheen, taro - tropical starchy tuberous root
aroid, arum - any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe
Colocasia, genus Colocasia - small genus of perennial tuberous herbs of tropical Asia: taro
cocoyam, dasheen, eddo, taro - edible starchy tuberous root of taro plants