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Old 08-09-2013, 12:56 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Yes, silly question I know. I was watching a video of someone dividing a corm and it sort of reminded me of a potato.
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Old 08-09-2013, 01:08 AM   #2 (permalink)
 
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Technically I believe so. I've heard of people eating the p-stem and flowers, so why not the corm? Never tried it though but I doubt it is unsafe to eat.
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In Ethiopia they grow ensures just for the corms, I tried boiling a musa basjoo corm after hearing this, it was actually quite nice and I wasn't sick afterwards.
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Ah neat. What did it taste like?
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The cavendish corms taste like cardboard
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The cavendish corms taste like cardboard
Ha ha ... how'd you cook it? BBQ, boiled, fried, baked. I got one plant I'd like to remove. Maybe I should dig it up and crank up the smoker! Oh wait.... Creamed Corm..
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Ha ha ... how'd you cook it? BBQ, boiled, fried, baked. I got one plant I'd like to remove. Maybe I should dig it up and crank up the smoker! Oh wait.... Creamed Corm..
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Maybe get a big enough corm and cut fries out of it and deep fry them. Corm fries.
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How about corm fritters
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Not only banana corms, but also male buds can be served for salad.
But I dare not to eat it as its taste is not recommendable.
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Not only banana corms, but also male buds can be served for salad.
But I dare not to eat it as its taste is not recommendable.
So it doesn't have a flavor that would remind you of a potato?
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