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Bulgarianlily

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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 6:52 pm Post subject:

Just dug up and cooked some J. articokes. They were a good size, and seemed fine when washed and sliced. We cooked them by frying them in olive oil with some crushed garlic, then simmered them in white wine, with salt and pepper, until the wine reduced and then added cream (well thick milk). They were completely and utterly disgusting and even our mad vegan (she had hers before the cream was added) loathed them. They just tasted like mouthfulls of earth, even though carefully washed.

Variety or maybe all five of us haven't acqured the taste?

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 6:58 pm Post subject:
Try them thinly sliced raw in salad. Totally different. I must admit I like them cooked most ways though. I don't think I'd fry before simmering though.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
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Location: Somerset.

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 7:08 pm Post subject:
They make the best soup ever!

Green Rosie

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Location: Calvados, France

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 7:10 pm Post subject:
If you like mud flavoured soup

Bugs

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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 7:14 pm Post subject:

I tend to think of the flavour as smokey rather than earthy and while I quite like them I think it is strong enough to put some people off if you eat too much at a time (including me). We find them quite convenient to add to soups and stews as the flavour mingles and helps make them "richer" while you have enough other things to distract you, so it might be worth trying just a couple in your next veg soup.

jamanda
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 7:41 pm Post subject:
Very good if you're diabetic apparently.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 8:42 pm Post subject:
I managed to do the impossible and kill mine!

chez

Joined: 13 Aug 2006
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Location: The Hive of the Uberbee, Quantock Hills, Somerset

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 8:46 pm Post subject:
Someone I know buried theirs under twelve feet of soil whilst restructuring the garden and they STILL came up

sean
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 8:46 pm Post subject:
That's what they want you to think has happened.

judith

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Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 8:54 pm Post subject:
I'm worried now.

sean
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Posted: Sat Jan 15, 11 8:55 pm Post subject:
If you sit very still and listen...

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
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Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 11 6:30 pm Post subject: Food of the gods
Food of the gods. Soften onions and celery in butter, add peeled Jerusalems, simmer gently for half an hour or so in vegetable stock and milk, blitz with a stick blender, season, enjoy with fresh bread slathered in butter. Added bonus of an evening of entertainment as well! Parp.

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 11 6:33 pm Post subject:

Hots wrote:

Food of the gods.

Soften onions and celery in butter, add peeled Jerusalems, simmer gently for half an hour or so in vegetable stock and milk, blitz with a stick blender, season, enjoy with fresh bread slathered in butter.

Added bonus of an evening of entertainment as well!
Parp.

Sounds very good. I'll pop that in the database. Does it have another name than Food of the gods?

Sean made some very nice gratinated ones tonight with lots of cream.

Mary-Jane

Joined: 13 Jan 2005
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Location: The Fishing Strumpet is from Ceredigion in West Wales

Posted: Sun Jan 16, 11 7:20 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I managed to do the impossible and kill mine!

How?

jamanda
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Posted: Sun Jan 16, 11 7:33 pm Post subject:

judith wrote:

I managed to do the impossible and kill mine!

Want some replacements?

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