I've been on the look out for this vegetable for months. This is because I thought it was a fruit. Someone on the Weight Watchers message board straightened me out! I was looking forward to trying this...ahem, vegetable...for quite some time so I just had to run out this evening and track it down with my new-found information. I found it at Whole Foods (of course! I always seem to find what I am looking for there...). Anyway....I cut this sucker up the first moment I was home....
Okay, everyone told me Jicama reminds them of a cross between a potato and an apple....Um, no...Where are people getting the "sweet" from? Mine tasted like I bit into a raw potato. Yes, it's texture was crunchy...But the taste wasn't pleasant at all. I still used it in my dinner salad anyway because I didn't want $5 to go to waste. The dressing covered up the taste and I at least got to enjoy the texture. I am going to try to add cayenne pepper to it tomorrow and see how it goes (snack perhaps?). (This was suggested - I swear. They do this in Mexico where the vegetable originates from!)
I give Jicama 2/5 stars (in it's natural state).
I have a feeling I am in the minority as everyone (on the WW board, anyway) seems to love it!
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