Meet: Canh chua - Vietnamese "sour soup"

Yes. “Bac ha” in Vietnamese - sometimes called elephant ears and sometimes called taro stems. However, they are a different species than the taro grown for the starchy roots.

" Colocasia gigantea is close to Alocasia macrorrhizos and is thought to be produced from natural crossing between A. macrorrhizos and C. esculenta"

I found this part interesting as the stems of both those other plants are NOT edible without pre-treatment to remove oxalates and saponins.

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