A barbecue awaited, with heaps of grilled fish,
taro root, fruit salads, cakes, and fresh coconuts to sip.
Since 1902, scientists there have been providing a research foundation for tropical agriculture, helping farmers more effectively grow bananas, plantains, sweetpotatoes, yams, cassava, beans, grain sorghum, and other foods, such as tanier, or
taro root.
A more extensive menu is offered next door at Farmer's Daughter, which serves Ibaloi cuisine such as smoked meat called kinuday or kiniing, blood sausage called pinuneg, and the must-have dessert of mashed
taro root called paytoy.
(For people in the sub-continent, touching aACAyarvi' or
Taro root vegetable, may trigger an itch).
Everything grows here--blackberries, kiwi,
taro root, orange mandarins, miniature vegetables, and leafy lettuces, to name just a few items.
In addition to
taro root, ingredients include rice, onion, soy bean oil, salt and spices.
For the truffled
taro root: In a large saucepan, add the
taro root and cover with water.
Hard-to-find Asian produce such as fresh banana blossoms or
taro root, plus a wide selection of Asian noodles.
Kiribati - whose 80,000 population harvest the
taro root and keep 9,000 pigs - is made up of 33 islands, few more than 10ft above sea level.
The produce department has 450 items, including Oriental delicacies such as
taro root, white radishes, lotus root and mustard greens.