Hi ddreadi,

That plant in Australia is called a choko, they are bland but will take on the taste of anything they are cooked with. So a couple of spices will make them nice cinnamon is a good one to use as it's good for diabetes.

I don't know if you chop up the roots and candy them, but if you do that is something I would suggest you stop doing.

Let us know how you are doing with the diabetes,

Cheers
Rhian