I love this tuber called yacon!
By GERLIE M. UY Yacon is like pear like apple like singkamas like sugarcane....in short, i liked it. More facts on Yacon The Yacón is a perennial plant traditionally grown in the Northern and Central Andes from Ecuador to Argentina for its crisp, sweet-tasting tuberous roots. The texture and flavour are very similar to jicama mainly differing in that yacon has some slightly sweet resinous and floral (similar to violet ) undertones to its flavor. This flavoring is probably due to a sweet substance called inulin , as replicates the sweet taste found in the roots of elecampane , which also contains this substance. Another name for the yacón is Peruvian ground apple . The tuber is composed mostly of water and fructo-oligosaccharides . Commonly called " jicama " in Ecuador, yacón is sometimes confused with this unrelated plant. Yacón is actually a close relative of the sunflower and Jerusalem artichoke...