What does OCA (oxalis tuberosa) taste like?

[Dynamo]

I've only just heard about this plant and know absolutely nothing about it so any advice here will be greatly appreciated. It looks like an interesting ingredient.

[Nicos]

I grew them a couple of years ago.
There are several varieties and all apparently taste different.
The ones I grew tasted nutty.

You should to wait until after the first frosts before you take them.
And you'll need a nail brush to scrub them clean as the soil gets into the cracks and creases!

Apparently you shouldn't have too many as they are high in Oxalic acid . Peeling the larger ones can help.

I thought I'd saved a few but couldn't find them otherwise I'd have grown more the following year.
Very pretty clover-like leaves too!

[Jay-ell]

They're a relative of the wood sorrel so the leaves have a lemon like flavour. They taste a little like potato with a bit of nuttiness and a citrus after taste with a very subtle hint of rhubarb.

They have a soft texture, sort of floury and look a bit like large white, yellow, pink or red grubs.

Coated in oil and roasted they make great chips.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBGblH5BJxg

[TrixC]

To me they taste like a slightly lemony potato. They’re delicious, but I haven’t had much luck with them in my heavy soil. The different varieties vary in texture, like potatoes. You can get a pretty decent size crop from a small space, and they look quite pretty cascading over the size of a raised bed.

[jackarmy]

If they dont like heavy soil, anyone tried it in a bucket ?, been pondering having a go at it next year.

[Dynamo]

If they don't like heavy soil they'll love my plot because it's so light I often don't even need to stand on a fork or spade to push it into the earth.

Thanks for the replys folks.

[Nicos]

Can't see a problem with growing them in a tub either!
The leaves are really pretty so would look nice on a patio.

[Jay-ell]

one tuber will cover about 18" - 24" diameter circle so one per mfb should work. They make nice mounds of foliage and have delicate yellow flowers so having a few of these dotted along the plot would be quite attractive - but you have to keep up with the watering.

[veggiechicken]

I knew I'd played with them http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ion_63014.html but I was ignored Nothing changes there!
Anyway, the ocarettes did grow.
I grew oca for several years but didn't do it justice. Kept forgetting it was in the garden
The following year, the clover-like leaves and yellow flowers would appear, and I'd admire them but, by the time the frost had been and they were supposed to be dug up, I'd forgotten all about them.
They were good ground cover and I would grow them again just for that.
Taste-wise, I only nibbled them raw and they were like lemony water chestnuts.

Drat, I want some now

EDIT Found another thread of mine !
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ate_62540.html

[snakeshack]

A few leaves in a salad are good for a lemony bite, but as already said they are high in oxalic acid .the tubers are crunchy raw and also have a lemony taste like water chestnuts,they can also be cooked just about anyway you cook potatoes,leaving them exposed to light decreases the oxalic acid and lessons the lemon flavour .I have grown 4 different colour variants from real seeds in the past but the crop on London clay is poor .I could see no taste difference between the varieties.