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Eddoe — Ingredient · Foodgeist
Ingredient
Eddoe
Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).It has smaller corms than taro, and in most cultivars there is a
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Eddoe or eddo is a tropical vegetable often considered identifiable as the species Colocasia antiquorum,closely related to taro (dasheen, Colocasia esculenta), which is primarily used for its thickened stems (corms).It has smaller corms than taro, and in most cultivars there is an acrid taste that requires careful cooking.The young leaves can also be cooked and eaten, but (unlike taro) they have a somewhat acrid taste.
Aroma profile
Derived from this ingredient’s flavor compounds
bland×2
Composition
60 compounds predicted — inferred from related foods, not directly measured
predicted composition — no direct measurement on record for this food
“the GI of dasheen (Colocasia esculenta var. esculenta; 77 (sem 10)), eddoes (Colocasia esculenta var. antiquorum; 61 (sem 10)), Irish potato (Solanum tuberosum; 71 (sem 8)), tannia (Xanthosoma sagittifolium; 60 (sem 5)) and white yam (Dioscorea alata; 62 (sem 6))”
