And thus began the investigation of how this tasty tuber is used here and its place in the country's culinary history. From Wordnik.com. [Mexican Sweet Potatoes, from Soup to Dessert: Los Camotes] Reference
Round or elongated, firm-fleshed and quite gourmet, this tuber is becoming a hit on the culinary scene at fine restaurants. From Wordnik.com. [Papas Rojas. Papas Marruecas, et al] Reference
The central tuber, which is the biggest and yet soft, is the one chiefly used for food. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7] Reference
Schmidt said, "A tuber is a tumor, they call it a tuber because of the way that it grows, it kind of more like potatoish.". From Wordnik.com. [WISH TV] Reference
The term "tuber" is used in its narrow horticultural sense as meaning a short, thickened portion of an underground branch. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
I’ve never seen such a plant before – is it some kind of tuber?. From Wordnik.com. [The Kurse of Kain « A Fly in Amber] Reference
A Girton girl under examination described the tuber as a. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
That she takes after her mom, who also resembles a tuber?. From Wordnik.com. [The Poor Little] Reference
The skin of the tuber is of a rusty or blackish brown color. From Wordnik.com. [The Commercial Products of the Vegetable Kingdom Considered in Their Various Uses to Man and in Their Relation to the Arts and Manufactures; Forming a Practical Treatise & Handbook of Reference for the Colonist, Manufacturer, Merchant, and Consumer, on the Cultivation, Preparation for Shipment, and Commercial Value, &c. of the Various Substances Obtained From Trees and Plants, Entering into the Husbandry of Tropical and Sub-tropical Regions, &c.] Reference
Allow one sprout to each tuber or set, rubbing off the rest. From Wordnik.com. [Gardening for the Million] Reference
These may be separated from the parent tuber if large enough. From Wordnik.com. [The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming.] Reference
Drying of root and tuber for canning, Preparation of fruits and. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
The Jerusalem artichoke is a genuine tuber something like a potato. From Wordnik.com. [Vaughan's Vegetable Cook Book (4th edition) How to Cook and Use Rarer Vegetables and Herbs] Reference
The peel or rind of the tuber contains a poisonous substance called. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
But the tuber, or root, of this vegetable is the most valuable part. From Wordnik.com. [The Wonder Island Boys: Conquest of the Savages] Reference
It will also be noted that the law excludes tuber-propagated plants. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Report of the Proceedings at the Twenty-First Annual Meeting Cedar Rapids, Iowa, September 17, 18, and 19, 1930] Reference
Strikingly handsome oval tuber of the fashionable nigger-brown shade. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917] Reference
Slices of a Chilean tuber that once saved a cross-sea nation from famine. From Wordnik.com. [Games For All Occasions] Reference
It is a tuber-bearing plant of the bean family, and is known botanically as. From Wordnik.com. [Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at the Fourteenth Annual Meeting Washington D.C. September 26, 27 and 28 1923] Reference
It looked all right, even if it was much bigger than any tuber he'd ever seen. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
Retains the lusciousness of the bean with the full floury flavour of the tuber. From Wordnik.com. [Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 152, March 14, 1917] Reference
Wash the mud off a newly dug tuber, and it brightens to a near metallic purple. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Spud time] Reference
It is found in the tuber of the dahlia, in the dandelion, and some other plants. From Wordnik.com. [Elements of Agricultural Chemistry] Reference
In kitchen-gardens it is planted like the potato, the tuber being cut in pieces. From Wordnik.com. [The Philippine Islands] Reference
Its tuber-like roots are edible and highly nutritious, though the taste is bland. From Wordnik.com. [Concordance A Terran Empire concordance] Reference
The Burbank potato is known in all lands where the tuber forms an article of food. From Wordnik.com. [Marvels of Modern Science] Reference
Root and tuber vegetables and tuber vegetables, Canning of and tuber vegetables, Drying of. From Wordnik.com. [Woman's Institute Library of Cookery Volume 5: Fruit and Fruit Desserts; Canning and Drying; Jelly Making, Preserving and Pickling; Confections; Beverages; the Planning of Meals] Reference
But they disappeared quickly back into the rich loam, leaving clean the enormous white tuber. From Wordnik.com. [Dragon Drums]
Thank goodness Europeans finally listened to Antoine and other advocates of the starchy tuber. From Wordnik.com. [Groundwork: Spud time] Reference
No. 6 is a section of a Potato tuber: A, the cell-walls; B, the starch grains; C, the mycelial hyphæ. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The potato has been designated the 'King of the Kitchen Garden,' and perhaps 'the noble tuber' should be so regarded. From Wordnik.com. [The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition] Reference
The same may be said of fracture of the tuber ischii, but when these bones are fractured a more serious condition results. From Wordnik.com. [Lameness of the Horse Veterinary Practitioners' Series, No. 1] Reference
Cobbett, in this country, exclaimed virulently against the tuber as "hogs 'food," and hated it as fiercely as he hated tea. From Wordnik.com. [Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure] Reference
The difficulty in identifying the plant arose from the fact that, like many others cultivated for the root or tuber, it rarely flowers. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 795, March 28, 1891] Reference
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