บรอน.........anybody know?

 Saw some last night on a stall and cannot find an English translation...... Thanks

 

 

90 views and no one knows?.......must admit i have never seen it before.............my gf from Surin recognised it, guessing at 10 baht a bag it must be some type of foragers vegetable.............apparently it can be used in gaeng som

heres a photo may help

 

Looks like the stem from a water lilly.

My wife calls it "toon", though it might be the similar "bon".

 

https://www.thaitable.com/thai/ingredient/koon

 

Koon   คูน, ออดิบ, ตูน a type of elephant ear plant

 

In northern Thailand and Laos, koon is known as ‘toon’. In the south, however, it’s named ‘au dib’. Koon is also known as ‘bac ha’, a Vietnamese name, at Asian supermarkets. 

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Koon is also related to 'bon', a similar edible plant that tastes great, but can cause itchy irritation when eaten.

26 minutes ago, thaiflyer1 said:

90 views and no one knows?.......must admit i have never seen it before.............my gf from Surin recognised it, guessing at 10 baht a bag it must be some type of foragers vegetable.............apparently it can be used in gaeng som

heres a photo may help

 

 

https://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/project/value_addition/Vegetables/075.html

 

 

 

 

 

1 minute ago, jaiyenyen said:

Looks like the stem from a water lilly.

That was my thinking.................trying to work out the word บรอน ......must be the correct spelling, as she spelt it to me

 

2 minutes ago, Damrongsak said:

My wife calls it "toon".

 

https://www.thaitable.com/thai/ingredient/koon

 

That looks like it................wonder why she spelt it so different

I can't read Thai, so I'm unable to help.

 

maybe Okra

6 minutes ago, thaiflyer1 said:

That looks like it................wonder why she spelt it so different

Could be "bon" - see my edit above.  But I see ก้านคูน and ก้านบอน ... ??? galadium / Colocasia  Some have oxalic acid in them. 

 

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From one of the above links.................

At farmers markets, koon is often labeled ‘taro stem’. Koon, though related to taro, is not taro. Koon is also related to 'bon', a similar edible plant that tastes great, but can cause itchy irritation when eaten.

 

Notice the word bon..............nearly the same sound as บอรน

 

Thanks for all the help

This is comforting:  While some types of elephant ear plants are edible, and others are poisonous, you rarely find the poisonous ones for sale at markets".

 

https://www.thaitable.com/thai/ingredient/koon

Taro stalks or taro stems.

 

I know as my wife cooks them curry-style.

you guys really must be bored ......  

15 minutes ago, steven100 said:

you guys really must be bored ......  

I'm a horticulturist by training.  If I'm going to eat weeds, I like to know what it is.

52 minutes ago, steven100 said:

you guys really must be bored ......  

Dont you know it................i couldnt sleep thinking about it, came on here at 2am to ask, then when after an hour no replies got back up to take the photo and post...............finally got to sleep around 5am.

7 hours ago, thaiflyer1 said:

บรอน.........anybody know?

90 views and no one knows?

No need to be snippy.  If you'd spelt the word correctly in the first place it might have helped.  It's บอน.  In English, Elephant ear, Cocoyam, Dasheen, Eddoe, Japanese taro, Taro.  The following site has a few pictures and a list of regional names for it.  (None of them is บรอน.)

 

https://medthai.com/บอน/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Thai_ingredients

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

you guys really must be bored ......  

Yes Steven very many are. We are stuck in our houses because of what appears to be a total miss management by your hero. 

2 hours ago, steven100 said:

you guys really must be bored ......  

Think it's the other way round, chap.....????

3 hours ago, Oxx said:

No need to be snippy.  If you'd spelt the word correctly in the first place it might have helped.  It's บอน. 

Indeed if my thai gf had given me the correct spelling that is what i would of posted....................she has now been suitably spanked.

 

Thanks for the link ......................

7 hours ago, thaiflyer1 said:

That was my thinking.................trying to work out the word บรอน ......must be the correct spelling, as she spelt it to me

 

Get that spelling verified by someone else. Might be missing a tone mark.

7 hours ago, thaiflyer1 said:

Notice the word bon..............nearly the same sound as บอรน

I don't know what sound บอรน has; it's not a Thai word or structure. 

I think that's 'Bon' https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/บอน used in some specific dish, unless prepared in a specific way it's supposedly itchy in your throat

 

colored non edible 'bon' are popular right now is calladium https://th.wikipedia.org/wiki/บอนสี

A picture will get more responses than a single word in Thai, you might want to remember that snippet.