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Author: peter sander Date: 9-06-05 06:05:51 we would like to grow a small patch of taro here in the coromandel a few suitable corms would be welcomed to get started. In the cook islands they seem to have 3 types of taro, simply called "number one", "number two", easy to guess what the other is called. No.1, is their favourite and is grown in very wet conditions almost what we would call swamp. No.3 is grown on ridges quite exposed and is the variety most common sold but the least desired. No.2 is in between in growing conditions and desireability. books: NZ book, More from the cooks garden, by mary browne, nancy tichborne and helen leach, published by heinemann reed.Quite a bit about growing in NZ, preparation and 4 recipes. cook islands cook book, by taiora matenga-smith, published by the cook islands ministries of agriculture and health in association with the institute of pacific studies of the university of the south pacific. 2 recipes but others using it as an ingredient. The flame tree cookbook by sue carruthers published by GP publications. to prepare cook and freeze 10 recipes. |
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