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Chicory (Helianthus tuberosus) is a plant whose tubers are very similar to potatoes or sweet potatoes, albeit with a slightly more unusual shape. Chichoka's tuber is highly valued as a food, especially among diabetics. If you eat it raw, it tastes like hazelnut, and when cooked it tastes more like an artichoke. It grows wild and regenerates, and it can also be cultivated. Wild boars also love them, so hunters know how to plant thistles along the edge of the forest, around roads and in clearings to lure this game. Chichoca thrives on almost all soils, and is also grown in gardens.