mashua การใช้

• Among those herbal medicines is mashua, a root that is said to inhibit sex drive.
• Popularization of mashua may be limited by its strong flavor, and its reputation as an anaphrodisiac.
• However, mashua tubers roasted in traditional earthen field ovens, built at harvest, are considered a delicacy.
• Monoculture predominates, but interplanting with several other tuber species, including mashua and olluco, in one field is common in Andean production.
• Today, Peruvian women are said to slip mashua into their husbands'meals before extended business trips so their minds focus solely on business.
• In this layer, a small clay pot filled with cheeses or fish and shellfish may be added with distinctively Peruvian tubers such as oca and mashua.
• Unlike many other root vegetables domesticated by the indigenous peoples of the Andes ( ulluco, oca, and mashua ), yac髇 is not photoperiod sensitive, and can produce a commercial yield in the subtropics, as well.
• Predictions include tomatillos; Cape gooseberries, sweeter relatives of tomatillos; tomatoes that have great flavor when ripe but are still green, like Green Stripe and Green Grape, and mashua, a nasturtium with edible flowers and pale-yellow, peppery tubers.