One of the most astounding facts that I’ve ever learned is that taro is not just a crop of the Asia-Pacific region, but has about two thousand years of history as a food crop in the Mediterranean.
It seems almost anachronistic to me, as if someone had told me the Ancient Egyptians liked to go surfing. In one sense, we could even say that taro is more traditionally Italian than tomatoes!
This article will take a look at this topic, and spoiler: perhaps this ancient taro is not just ancient history: https://agroforestry.co.nz/ancient-egyptians-greeks-and-romans-ate-taro/