Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Good afternoon, I was at the local Asian market and the store owner suggested that I try something new that he just got in, a Mountain Potato. Has anyone else heard of this? It comes as a very long root and the inside looks like Jicama, but it has a thicker juice, rather slimy but tastes OK. He said it's really healthy. Can anyone here back this up? Thanks. Nick Hein Morgantown, WV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 Hi Nick, This got my curiosity up. It seems like mountain potato is used pretty broadly. There is a chain of Japanese markets in the northwest www.uwajimaya.com Their web site had this to say about Mountain Potatoes: Japanese mountain potato (English) Description: (Colocasia esculenta) These small relatives to the taro root have a slippery texture when boiled and are used in Japanese dishes. See Also: taro If this is what the plant is, this article says its inedible raw: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocasia_esculenta From www.uwajimaya.com yamaimo (Japanese) mountain yam (English) Description: (Dioscorea japonica) Not to be confused with mountain potatoes (see " mountain potato " ), mountain yam is a long, light-brownish root with a rough skin. The grated yam becomes a mucilaginous delicacy called tororo and is served over hot rice, tuna or soba (see buckwheat noodles). Mountain yam can also be peeled and used raw much in the manner of jicama. Note: Some people may experience itching when handling raw mountain potato. For those people who experience this discomfort, rubber gloves alleviate this problem. The peeled root can also be soaked in water with rice vinegar to prevent discoloration and also reduce the chance of irritation. See Also: buckwheat noodles, mountain potato, tororo This article has some essential comments about raw preparation of the Japanese mountain yam: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dioscorea I think maybe you have a Japanese mountain yam not the Japanese mountain potato. May your day be filled with clarity, grace, progress, and warm laughter, Roger - " Nick Hein " <nick.hein <RawSeattle > Saturday, October 29, 2005 1:38 PM [RawSeattle] Anyone seen these? > Good afternoon, > I was at the local Asian market and the store owner suggested that I try something new that he just got in, a Mountain Potato. Has anyone else heard of this? It comes as a very long root and the inside looks like Jicama, but it has a thicker juice, rather slimy but tastes OK. He said it's really healthy. Can anyone here back this up? > > Thanks. > Nick Hein > Morgantown, WV > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Roger, thank you for sharing your Grace with us. Warmly, Chava Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hi Nick. There is a Chinese taro but I think what you saw was what Chinese call " Mountain Medicine " . You can ask the store owner if it's Mountain Medicine in Chinese. It is often used as Chinese herb medicine (in dry form), not because it is a drug but because it is considered highly nutritious. It helps strengthening digestive system and kidney. Combined with other ingredient it is used to cure diabetes, kidney infection. Of course when it is used as herb medicine it is boiled. I don't know how it tastes raw. Helen, Seattle Nick Hein wrote: > Good afternoon, > I was at the local Asian market and the store owner suggested that I > try something new that he just got in, a Mountain Potato. Has anyone > else heard of this? It comes as a very long root and the inside looks > like Jicama, but it has a thicker juice, rather slimy but tastes OK. > He said it's really healthy. Can anyone here back this up? > > Thanks. > Nick Hein > Morgantown, WV > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 30, 2005 Report Share Posted October 30, 2005 Hi Roger. Mountain taro and Mountain potato (Mountain Medicine) are two different things. Taros are starchy and delicious when cooked but I wouldn't eat it raw. Helen Roger Padvorac wrote: > Hi Nick, This got my curiosity up. It seems like mountain potato is > used pretty broadly. > > There is a chain of Japanese markets in the northwest www.uwajimaya.com > Their web site had this to say about Mountain Potatoes: > Japanese mountain potato (English) > Description: (Colocasia esculenta) These small relatives to the taro > root have a slippery texture when boiled and are used in Japanese dishes. > See Also: taro > > If this is what the plant is, this article says its inedible raw: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colocasia_esculenta Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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