A taro corm unearthed in 2016 by Ke Kipi Kalo project in East Hawaii weighed in a 17.73 pounds was submitted to Guinness, but was never named the world record. The Medeiros’s secret ingredient?

Once the corms are peeled, cut or slice them (3, above) as needed for your intended use, ... Taro can be mashed or puréed, but heed ...

The corm, or root, is a tuber that grows like a potato. And like a potato, it can be baked, boiled, steamed or fried. The leaves and stems are also edible but must be cooked first.

It didn’t take long before the indigenous tribes of our region adopted the plant into their agricultural practices and diet, and for good reason: taro root is a nutritious food crop. In comparison ...

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I f you're familiar with the Hawaiian lūʻau plate - laden with dishes like kalua pork, huli huli chicken, tuna poke, and macaroni salad - you've probably seen poi. Maybe you tri ...

For this she pays a hefty price: between $12 and $16 a pound for pa‘i‘ai, the hand-pounded slab of pre-processed taro corm that becomes poi when mixed with water.

Taro, a plant with edible heart-shaped leaves and a fiber-rich corm (underground stem), is rarely seen on dining tables in the mainland United States. But in Hawaii, it is central and sacred to ...

With the exception of the pricey chip variety found in foil bags with black backgrounds in the Whole Foods or Trader Joe's snack aisle, taro root, technically taro corm, is a tuber not easily ...