Tubers
| vegetable | botanical
name |
description |
| artichoke
jerusalem |
helianthus
tuberosus |
available autumn to spring; several varieties; nutty taste; cooked as potatoes. |
| cassava | manihot
utilissima |
manioc; mostly available as tapioca or flour; leaves can be boiled as vegetable. |
| potato
|
solanum
tuberosum |
staple crop available all year; can be cooked in many ways including boiling, roasting, frying and sauteeing; many hundreds of varieties; arran pilot and red craig's royal examples of early crop; king edward's example of maincrop; white potatoes best for boiling and frying, reds best for roasting. |
| potato
new |
solanum
tuberosum |
available early summer; quick growing potato varieties dug young; best scraped and plain boiled. |
| sweet
potato white |
ipomeo
batatas |
smaller than red variety; rather dry yellowy flesh, with fluffy texture when cooked; can be cooked as red variety. |
| taro | colocasia
antiquarum |
used in west indian cooking; tuber can be cooked as potatoes; leaves also cooked and eaten as cabbage. |
| sweet potato red |
ipomeo
batatas |
yam; larger than white variety, with sweet, orange flesh; can be cooked as potatoes; good roasted or mashed. |
| yam | dioscorea
batatas |
used in west indian cooking; mild flavoured; cooked like potatoes. |
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