What is this - a root veg?

Barneysmom

What do you do with it?
I'd put it in the window to scare burglars

Uniscots97

There's loads of recipes for it here:-

http://www.food.com/recipe-finder/all/taro-root

dogstarheaven

defo a celariac.

you can use it sliced roasted and have it with a med. style dish with chicken (or whatever) herbs like thyme, oregano, parsley, garlic, sugar, tin tomatoes, bit of sherry, bit of sugar s&p and bake in the oven for about 1hr. take off foil last 15mins.

or make a celariac remoulade which is like a posh coleslaw...

i grew it on the lotti last year for the first time and it was v tangly the outside rooty bits.. bit of pain to grow as they need v fine soil with no stones but they do grow quite big if conditions are right.

dannie

Thanks for the further replies. Yesterday, I was considering that the root veg is taro or a form of taro (eddoe) which is often served in India. Also, I read that they are often referred to as elephant ears when grown as an ornamental plant.