Jerusalem Artichokes

[661-Pete]

This Spring, Mrs P. (unwisely, perhaps ) bought some Jerusalem Artichoke seed corms and planted them out. Having now dug up just one plant, this is the result:

There's over 3lb there, and bear in mind this is one plant only; there are about half a dozen more like this to come.
So, question: what to do with a glut of jerusalem artichokes. Suggestions? Both sensible and not-so-sensible ones?

 

[dan_bo]

Bake 'em in cream and garlic.

 

[rich p]

I seem to remember Carol Klein making chips out of them.

 

[Dayvo]

I seem to remember Calvin Klein making chips out of them.

Cod-pieces, possibly!

 

[lukepinkhandbag]

Make lots of soup and freeze it.....How ever you do them beware the aftermath.....extreme flatulence followed by an odd sulphorous atmosphere

 

[Fnaar]

Make lots of soup and freeze it.....How ever you do them beware the aftermath.....extreme flatulence followed by an odd sulphorous atmosphere

This is my every-day experience

 

[vernon]

Make lots of soup and freeze it.....How ever you do them beware the aftermath.....extreme flatulence followed by an odd sulphorous atmosphere

I took great pleasure in giving a large bowl of cream of artichoke soup to my elderly hostile mother-in-law and enjoying the spectacle of her sense of superiority being demolished by her farting with every step she took towards the the toilet a couple of hours later.

 

[vernon]

Mrs P will have to make sure that every last trace of the roots are removed if you don't want to grow them again the following year.

It took four years before they disappeared from my small cultivated patch of land masquerading as an allotment.

 

[Noodley]

I took great pleasure in giving a large bowl of cream of artichoke soup to my elderly hostile mother-in-law and enjoying the spectacle of her sense of superiority being demolished by her farting with every step she took towards the the toilet a couple of hours later.

 

[rich p]

Make lots of soup and freeze it.....How ever you do them beware the aftermath.....extreme flatulence followed by an odd sulphorous atmosphere

Jerusalem (fartichokes)
...and did those fart, in ancient time, walk upon Englands...

 

[Telemark]

+1 on the soup. They are also very nice as part of a mix of roasted vegetables (peel first though!).

Here is a more elaborate recipe: peel, par-boil in salted water for 5 min, leave to cool a bit, dredge in seasoned flour, then beaten egg, then sesame seeds, then bake in the oven until soft. Very nice dipped in garlic mayo or with a yoghurt dip .

Regarding their reputation - Mr T calls them "fartichokes" too! Some people react really quite badly to them, whereas others don't ... it's something to do with an enzyme (?) that your system may or may not be able to deal with
You won't know which category you fall into until you have tried some .

T

 

[yello]

I have had crisps made from them, okay without being to die for.

Personally, I've tried roasting and soup and preferred the latter. They are a sod to peel though!

 

[Campfire]

Make lots of soup and freeze it.....How ever you do them beware the aftermath.....extreme flatulence followed by an odd sulphorous atmosphere

Hi Luke, how ya doing? Did you have good time at Bike Rite?

Sorry, don't know anything about Artichokes!

 

[661-Pete]

Thanks for the suggestions. Keep 'em coming! We've eaten them often enough before, though never home-grown. Don't know if their 'reputation' affects us...

Mrs P will have to make sure that every last trace of the roots are removed if you don't want to grow them again the following year.

We've already been warned of this!

They are a sod to peel though!

If they're fresh and undamaged they don't really need peeling, just give them a scrub. The skins are edible.

 

[yello]

If they're fresh and undamaged they don't really need peeling, just give them a scrub. The skins are edible.

Sorry... maybe I needed a in my post!