American Groundnut - 5lb Menu Story and cultural importance rather than

and cultural importance rather than commercial uniformity

flood-plain soils along the Davidson River

• Rounded sweetness with minimal bitterness

Then there’s consistency — tight heads and reliable tenderness throughout

American Groundnut - 5lb Menu Story and cultural importance rather thanHeres Henry Thoreau speaking fondly of the groundnut: Digging one day for fishworms, I discovered the groundnut (Apios tuberosa) on its string, the potato of the aborigines, a sort of fabulous fruit, which had often since seen its crumpled red velvety blossom supported by the stems of other plants without knowing it to be the same. Cultivation has well nigh exterminated it. It has a sweetish taste, much like that of a frostbitten potato, and I found