{"id":19646,"date":"2018-10-23T11:38:36","date_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19646"},"modified":"2018-10-23T11:38:36","modified_gmt":"2018-10-23T09:38:36","slug":"long-circular-yam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19646","title":{"rendered":"Long circular Yam"},"content":{"rendered":"

Two years after receiving bulbils of Chinese yam or cinnamon vine (Dioscorea polystachya) from my friend S\u00f8ren Holt, I was able to harvest this curious tuber! I grew it as an “auedible” house plant….yes, it even makes a noise…as the numerous bulbils fall reverberating on my wooden floor in autumn! The bulbils are the reason it has become an invasive species in North America, the vines swamping native vegetation! The first picture below shows the tuber after its first season….I was quite pleased and was about to eat it when someone encouraged me to wait a year…I’m glad I did!
\nAlthough Chinese Yam has been grown in Europe since the middle of the 19th century, it never became popular as the\u00a0 tubers bury themselves very deep (up to one metre) as in my pot where it went as far down as it could! According to Vilmorin (1920) (see pictures), there were successful attempts to breed varieties that didn’t bury themselves so deep…with round tubers clustering near the surface, but these varieties were not so productive.
\nAny suggestions for good recipes?<\/p>\n