Originally Posted by
GoldenBrain
Cool, thanks! I think I'll pass on the poke salad as well. I'm not into acrid.
I had yuca a few months ago and loved it. It tasted like something between a sweet and white potato. I don't think yuca (one c) is poisonous, although I do believe yucca (two c's) is. It's a different plant despite the similarity in names. The one with two c's is an anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, lathering agent, or basically a soap.
I saw yuca at the store the other day and wondered how many people went home and dug up their poisonous yucca thinking they would get a tasty meal. I imagine the yucca cooked up with a nasty smelling soapy froth so hopefully they got the hint if they did in fact dig up a yucca to eat.