Many foods, once put for a long time will germinate, and after the germination will not be able to eat, such as potatoes, sweet potatoes, etc., then, hairy taro sprouting can eat? Many people are worried about taro after sprouting can not eat, in fact, although taro and potato long a little similar, there are a lot of starch, but they still have a lot of different places, for example, taro after sprouting can still be eaten. Hairy taro in fact pulled out of the field when, early have sprouted, just farmers will generally hairy taro stems and leaves and hairy taro to sell separately, you should be able to see from the top of the hairy taro originally grew leaves of the place oh. However, the consumption of taro or pay attention to the following points: taro contains indigestible starch and calcium oxalate crystals, however, calcium oxalate has a bitter taste and will make the skin allergic, but after cooking will disappear. The flesh turns gray or lavender when cooked. Hairy taro is cooked in a similar way to potatoes. When simmered, it thickens the soup and absorbs the broth from other ingredients. Potatoes and taro are delicious deep-fried or pan-fried into thin slices and drizzled with sauce, or sliced and cooked with syrup for a dessert. The leaves of the taro can also be cooked to resemble spinach and can be wrapped around other foods and baked. However, the calcium oxalate in the leaves is destroyed by cooking. Raw taro has a small poison, food must be cooked; raw taro juice can easily cause local skin allergies, can be rubbed with ginger to solve it.