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cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 8:51 am Post subject:

judith wrote:

I managed to do the impossible and kill mine!

Some varieties seem almost mortal. What kind did you have?

oldish chris

Joined: 14 Jun 2006
Posts: 4148
Location: Comfortably Wet Southport

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 8:58 am Post subject: Re: Jerusalem Artichokes not really my cup of tea

emilyluddite wrote:

and I don't really know what to do with them.

whatever you do, don't bury them

joanne

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 7100
Location: Morecambe, Lancashire

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 9:15 am Post subject:

I've got to admit I'm in the not really sure about them camp - I've got loads but I've just left them there which of course means I'll have hundreds of them this year so I really should try and dig some of the damm things up and use them

I'm just not sure about the flavour of them - It is a really weird taste

I'll try the gratin thing - probably with parsnips as we've loads of them left as well and maybe the bean soup

gythagirl

Joined: 18 Feb 2010
Posts: 1467
Location: Somerset

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 9:37 am Post subject:
How odd, I was going to post a query about artichokes! I've never eaten them before but have read they're easy to grow and would like to give them a go this year. However having read this thread it would prob be a good idea to try some first - but I've never knowingly seen them for sale - maybe I just need to look harder!

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 10:20 am Post subject:

cab wrote:

judith wrote:

I managed to do the impossible and kill mine!

Some varieties seem almost mortal. What kind did you have?

Bog-standard Fuseau, IIRC. It is 7 years since I planted them. Now nothing. I can only assume it was the snow wot done for them.

judith

Joined: 16 Dec 2004
Posts: 22790
Location: Montgomeryshire

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 10:23 am Post subject:

joanne wrote:

That's what I feel about them, which is why I am not too concerned about losing mine.
I like to eat them about once each year - early in the season when they are not too potent. But the older ones have such a bad - and painful - effect on me that I have come to associate the flavour with the pain, and so tend to just give them away rather than eating them myself.

cab

Joined: 01 Nov 2004
Posts: 32429

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 10:25 am Post subject:

judith wrote:

Bog-standard Fuseau, IIRC. It is 7 years since I planted them. Now nothing. I can only assume it was the snow wot done for them.

Fuseau isn't quite as tough as some of the old nobbly varieties, which is why its one of my favourites. I follow it with spuds in my rotation, seems to do for it most years (and the few puny stragglers the year after aren't a problem). Gerard is another good 'un for job rotation.

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 397
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 2:13 pm Post subject:

Jamanda wrote:

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.

Jerusalem Artichoke soup?

'Tis only my opinion that it is the food of the Gods.

gardening-girl

Joined: 25 Feb 2009
Posts: 6024
Location: Somerset.

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 2:19 pm Post subject:
Mine too! Make with chicken stock,a slosh of white wine,and,if you wnta little cream.Yum.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44473
Location: yes

Posted: Mon Jan 17, 11 8:26 pm Post subject:
fine if one gets plenty of outdoor time soup is good

wildfoodie

Joined: 05 Apr 2005
Posts: 2169

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 11 12:09 pm Post subject:

I'm told that chooks love JAs boiled up as a mash. not sure if you get exploding eggs after.
also check out this fabulous soup recipe
https://www.britishlarder.co.uk/jerusalem-artichoke-and-roasted-garlic-soup/#axzz1BfdpbYuw
gorgeous. more farty the day after making ut not too bad when eaten straight away.
anti wind tip:
a pinch of asafoetida is supposed to neutralise the wind effect, allegedly caused by the polysaccharide inulin which is also found in dandelion and burdock roots.
I alays forget to try this and as asafoetida stinks so much I'm more inclined personally to put up with the wind.... makes for a jovial atmoshphere in the house!

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
Posts: 44473
Location: yes

Posted: Fri Jan 21, 11 6:26 pm Post subject:
baked in the skin and buttered is nice

Mazzie

Joined: 11 Jun 2010
Posts: 17

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 11 5:48 pm Post subject:
Cut thinly and fried, i find them much sweeter and quicker to cook than spuds if im feeling lazy. Served up with salt, pepper and ketchup. Plus i discovered last week that my dogs love them raw, and only one of them suffered with wind afterwards although it was very deadly

hots

Joined: 23 Sep 2010
Posts: 397
Location: Suffolk

Posted: Sun Jan 23, 11 6:24 pm Post subject:

Mazzie wrote:

and ketchup.

Heathen!!

jamanda
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Location: Devon

Posted: Mon Dec 30, 13 11:35 pm Post subject: Re: Jerusalem artichoke pie

Jamanda wrote:

Short crust pastry
1lb potatoes, peeled and sliced thinly
1lb Jerusalem artichokes, peeled and sliced thinly
1/4 lb Cheddar cheese, grated
chopped herbs - whatever's growing - thyme/rosemary etc
salt and pepper
splash of milk

Line a greased pie dish with pastry
Add the spuds, artichokes, cheese and herbs in two layers of each, seasoning as you go.
Add a splash of milk
Put a pastry lid on
Bake at 180 degs c for an hour or so.

This one! Dinner for a night when BW isn't home (he hates JAs) and any socialising will be loud raucous and with the excuse to go outside.

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