To Jicama or Not to Jicama....

[Saninpanama]

Greeting fellow Rawkers..... I live in the beautiful country of Panama and to my dismay, I am unable to find any jicama here.....what can I use as a substitute? I have a lovely raw food recipe for a pseudo-potato salad (like yo Mama used to make) which calls for jicama instead of cooked potatoes..... What do you recommend I use as a substitute for the jicama?

Please and thanks!

[Ayn]

Can you get parsnips? You can use that in place. I am sure there are other things, but off the top of my head, thats the only one coming to mind... 

[esther frances]

if it was for something crunchy, i'd suggest waterchestnuts...but a potato salad substitute...maybe celeriac or a turnip, soaked?

[Jane W Smith]

There are some potato recipes made of cauliflower, but I don't know if they are the salad sort of thing.