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Reply With QuoteSomeone in my cluster suggested an Asian Pear. Water chestnuts are the right kind of texture, but not the right flavor.
Jicama substitute? I have a consultant on my team who wants to try the new salsa but cannot find jicama any where close to her. What should I suggest instead?
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Someone in my cluster suggested an Asian Pear. Water chestnuts are the right kind of texture, but not the right flavor.
Amanda
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I was also going to suggest some type of pear. I think an Asian Pear would work just fine
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So jicama is sweet? I remember seeing it at one store here, but I haven't found it again yet!
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Yep, it's crunchy like a water chestnut, but it is sweet. So delicious!
Amanda
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I thought of it as a crunchy "sweet" potato - like a cross of a potato and an apple.
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We must have bad jicama here as I never noticed a sweet taste. It tastes dry to me, in fact I have thought that water chestnuts would be a good substitute. Interesting. Maybe it IS my tastebuds.Quote by wadesgirl
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I have never found what I consider to be a good one in Boise either.
asian pears and granny smith apples are the best substitutes. If you don't want as sweet, radishes or water chestnuts work best.
Asian pears can be quite pricey though, so I usually use the granny smith if jicama isn't available.
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Isn't the Granny Smith rather tart?
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yes. Jicama isn't really sweet. It's got a very slight sweetness to it. So hard to describe. I just find that the granny smith is the most reliable flavor wise as a raw substitute. When a recipe calls for cooked jicama and you can't find it, I use water chestnuts.
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Great info., Thank you!
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I used a red delicious apple the other day and it was a bit too sweet, so I think a granny smith might work great.
So thankful for this thread! Last night my host was so proud that she was able to find a jicama. Went to prep it and it was ...a rutabaga!!!
Fortunately she had an apple and all was well!
Live and learn
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Oops!! Did you try it to see a difference?So thankful for this thread! Last night my host was so proud that she was able to find a jicama. Went to prep it and it was ...a rutabaga!!!
Fortunately she had an apple and all was well!
Live and learn
"You can LET things happen or MAKE things happen. It's up to you to decide!" -One Wise Woman
Grocery stores to try:
Walmart
Any Mexican Grocery store (I drove all over and it just dawned on me that there is a Mexican Grocery store next door)
She sort of live out in the middle of now where and did try the closest WalMart to her.
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ALL of Iowa for the most part is in the middle of nowhere...
I was born and raised there so I have personal experience and am not just dissing the state. I was born in Maquoketa, lived in Clinton for a year, moved to Britt, and spent my Jr High and High School years in Cedar Rapids. I am proud to say that I am FROM Iowa (but it does mean I left...
I didn't. I've not been feeling well ( gall bladder I think) and didn't want to risk it. Everyone else loved it though!
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I've made the salsa twice without the jicama or a substitute, and it was still delicious. My DH loved it so much that he bought 2 mangoes, the largest red onion I've ever seen, and about 6 jalapenos at the store today so I could make a batch for him before I left town for the week. HAHAHA- he didn't know how much of anything was in it.
I'd be curious how it tastes with a Granny Smith.
Bobbi
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