From China----Oddoes

[John P]

Anyone ever heard ot these. Bought by the OH from Morrissons yesterday.A vegetable purporting to come from China. Advice is to use it as you would a spud. Oval in shape with a mottled type skin and very white flesh. Can be boiled,fried,mashed etc. Had some yesterday boiled and today boiled and then fried. It definitely has a texture and taste not unsimilar to spuds,it is certaintly worth trying again.I cant find any reference to it in books or the internet.

[alan refail]

Morning John

Try looking up Eddoes

http://www.itzcaribbean.com/eddoes_caribbean_food.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddoe

[Primrose]

We some a few weeks ago from a fruit & veg market stall which usually stocks a small selection of "Queer Gear" as I heard one neighbour call it. (Mind you, I think even a mushroom would hover on her definition of "queer".

We tried boiling them like potatoes, and found they did have a slightly similar flavour and texture, but for the price being charged we were somewhaty underwhelmed and probably wouldn't buy them again unless we could find a really interesting recipe for using them.

[John P]

You got it spot on Alan,looks like Morrissons or Tescos have got their spelling wrong.They are definitely the vegetable in question.Thanks for your help. JP.