I bet my money that the root you describe eating in San Juan(?) was a yucca root. It is very similar to a potato in texture, although more translucent and definately more yummy, IMHO.... I was in a Cuban restaurant in Key West, and they served yucca on the menu the way we serve potatoes and variations thereof here. My favorite dish was a cold salad of boiled yucca marinated in lime juice, fresh garlic and cilantro. IT accompanied fresh sea bass. Probably not paleo, but really delicous. Cheers, Judy Genova, cavegirl ...... who spent a lovely day butchering 150 pounds of deer with her little boy who stayed home from kindergarten today.. Guess