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Jamaican Dasheen

A variety of taro root, dasheen is a starchy edible tuber that can be used as a potato, however, it must be cooked. Raw dasheen is toxic. The vegetable has a cream-colored to white flesh that resembles a water chestnut. It has a mild, nutty flavor when cooked. Boil the tubers to rid them of toxic calcium oxalate.

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1kg