Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1913-12-18

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Waahinaicn. y. o.. Doc. i7.--If the
housewife can obtain dashoens she
may ussks from this recently intro
doced vegetable a delicious stufnng
Tor her Christmas tursey Incident
ally she may make them like potatoes
and obtain a DISH poaaessing some
thing ~ the flavor or bDlIed chest
NIT. and She may make them into
a pie simslar a. The sweet potato pie.
uasheena are also good boiled. rouss-
20. fried as frifters, or salad,
Dnaheen flour VIII make biscuits.
mullins and griddic cakes, possessing
a superior flavor.
IHt dasheen, which has been re-
Gently introduced here by the de-
partmcnt 81 agriculture. 3 the root
~ a plant which resembles THAT
known Familiarity A. the elephants
ear bus the roots of the ordinary
elephants ear are mot dasheens. The
vegeiable looks like an underaized
cocoannt. although II sometimes
grows a. considerable size. An cx-
ceptional one recently received BY tho
department weighs g a pounds
The fashten originafsy came nom
China. as "a name seems t0 Indicate
8 corruption u the French "de
Chine" IL has already been grown
successfully Ia cur south ana should
eventually become one Of the most
important field crops there, hut az
yet not enough people have become
interested IN Il % Justify dealers Ia
puitiRE n on che market.
The fact Of the dasheen has been
extensively written up as a substitute
for the potato has led 20 q number
Of inquiries from foreign counties
regarding stH value.
Norway. sweden, Germany and
Ausfria have rent IN these inquiries.
which show the engorness Of Euro
peana to become acquainted with this
rev table delicaoy.
The department Of agriculture has
been forced 20 reply 70 the Inquiries
from central and northern European
countries that the dasheen cannot be
grown successfully where the SUM
merB are not tropical in fact. the
daaheen cannot be grown with COM
mercial Hucceos where the frostleHs
season II less than six months. and a
longer season is desirable Contrary
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United States - a country Of tropical
summers. and the dasheen has been
Erewn successfully ~ far north as
Norfolk. Virginia. Nevertheless there
has been 80 general interest shown
"a the vegetable. although the de-
parfmrnt ~ agriculture has previous
" sisted that every southern home
would do we'll 70 grow az least a
small unantly.
From the CarOlinas southwark the
dasheen may b. cultivated with a
high degree of success On any rich.
sandy loan or soil. whore there ~
plenty al moisture and heat II Will
n0i grow in soil suitable for cotton,
but may be grown Ina soil suitable for
pQisiooE The importance OF the
dasheen 20 the aoutherner lies par
ticularly la tho fact that Il natures
IN the fam. whereas the main potato
crop IN the south natures in the
spring. and la whites the southern
states have 90 obtain their potato
supply from the north. u dasheons
we're grown ana properly appreciat-
"a lhere would probably be little
need for the south ever 20 buy north
ern grown potatoes for food
The dashoen when properly baked
ana served ia mcoiy and she flavor
81 much Ike that OF The white potato,
but more or less suggestive ~ chest
nuts. 81 not oFerbakea. the skin when