> >../he thought it
> >might be jicama. I did end up buying one, boiling it and
> >eating it, but it didn't taste/look like it. It was a lot
> >more hard, and crunchy, and I did boil it for at least
> >an hour. Does anyone know what this veggie was, or if maybe
> >it was jicama, but I bought one that wasn't ripe or something?
> >Thanks,
> >--Liz
J-C is right about sunchoke (jerusalem artichoke)...tastes very much
like
jicama but a lot more tender...perhaps this is what you tasted. You
don't
have to cook it at all.