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nevrest Broadview, SK(Zone 3a) May 06, 2005

When I was a kid our Mother used to let us order something "different" each year. One year my sister and I ordered peanuts and "Ground almonds".....here in Sask the peanuts were a bust but the ground almonds grew. They were a grassy clump plant and the "tubers" clustered under them actually tasted somewhat like almonds. Does anyone know what these actually were? Searches on-line for ground almonds seem to net only ground(up) almond recipes and trees to grow the usual almonds.
Hope someone can help.

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Farmerdill Augusta, GA(Zone 8a) May 06, 2005

Chufa; Use to grow them when I was a kid. Taste pretty good but I was always hungry back then. It is a relative of nutsedge so it can be a pesky weed in warmer climates. Last I saw advertised was from Shumway.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/MV050

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nevrest Broadview, SK(Zone 3a) May 08, 2005

Farmer Dill
Thank you..
Does anyone have a source?

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BriarRose74 Moon Twp, PA(Zone 6a) May 08, 2005

Google found this, if it will help: http://www.chufa.com/ ~ Suzi :)

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