Pig nut for lunch

Or Yow Yaling as John calls it, his Cumbrian word for it. To dig one up with the bulb attached is tricky, the long threads from stem to bulb break easily, John managed this for bf. A crunchy addition to the lunch time salad.

Update on spelling, I could find it, John persevered and here’s the spelling.
Yowe yorling, the earths nut