Yes, levi. dont wait til ur thirsty because sometimes we do not know we are already dehydrated. Ah and i was reading on jicama, a common snack food we had as children, munching on this juicy root like when we went hiking, i remember. A serving gives 44% DV vit c, which i never imagined, because it was just like... water we chewed on!
You are familiar w/ the singkamas, are u not, whatever its called there? I am reminded of this again, bec. it is Not a very attractive food but I saw this uneaten jicama again here, and it tends to grow a long vine when u do not consume it right away, and so I have put one in the soil outside to grow I hope.
The white flesh of
singkamas is crunchy and very juicy. In the Philippines,
singkamas is usually eaten raw with white rock salt.
The plant is a vine with the scientific name
Pachyrhizus erosus, but it’s the bulbous root that springs to mind when people say
singkamas. It has a thin brown skin that you can easily peel off with a sharp knife. The flesh is crisp and its texture is similar to that of a water chestnut.
You can even peel with ur hands and bite--or drink directly=).