little white potato looking things in mexican food?

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• 1 tincoatr // Jul 4, 2008

  Plantan

• 2 just me #1 // Jul 4, 2008

  probably potatos. what dishes do you see it in?

• 3 i pack a 44 // Jul 4, 2008

  hominy……….

• 4 Virgo27 // Jul 4, 2008

  You might be talking about Yucca.

• 5 derelictdream // Jul 4, 2008

  I don't know if I have ever seen them in Mexican food, but oriental cuisine uses water chestnuts. They resemble tiny potatoes.

• 6 casapulla // Jul 4, 2008

  Coughed up in the kitchen.

• 7 omnisource // Jul 4, 2008

  Maybe slices of Jicama, pronounced Hickama?

• 8 sadie_oyes // Jul 4, 2008

  It's called Jicama (mexican potato)

• 9 Linda J // Jul 4, 2008

  Most likely they are Plantans..They are usually fried tho. I also think they might be Chick Peas aka Garbanzo beans. Another round potato like thing could be water chestnuts.
  From what you described I believe they are Garbanzo beans. Hope this helps!

• 10 Dennis // Jul 4, 2008

  It's either a potatoe or hominy. Does it taste like corn or potatoe?

• 11 Kathi // Jul 4, 2008

  It could be Jicama which is a dense potato-like vegetable more often in Mexican than "Anglo" dishes, or it could be potatoes!

  I hesitate to call Taco Johns a Mexican restaurant exactly, but they even have a burrito with chunks of potato, the Potato OLay or something like that. I've only seen the ads
  (Stopped there once out of extreme hunger and had a taco. Was so extremely put off by it that I've never gone back. )

• 12 DiamondGirl // Jul 4, 2008

  How little? Very little sounds like hominy, which is giant, white corn. Or diced, may be jicama or actually potato.

• 13 MikeL // Jul 4, 2008

  Hominy or garbanzo beans

• 14 deble_2000 // Jul 4, 2008

  hominy

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