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Published 2001
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yam bean ,dou shu and sha got (Chinese) ,chop suey yam and chopsui potato (Hawaiian) ,singkamas (Philippine)
What kind of word was ‘useful’ to use on the air?” fumed a talk-show host with whom I had been discussing jícama. “Useful?!! These babies are supposed to be dynamite, outrageous!” he raged, pointing an accusing finger at the slightly scruffy, tan lobed tubers I had arranged in a shallow basket on camera.