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I dug a whole load a week or two back, more to clear a space than to harvest. but had some lovely huge tubers so I made a batch of soup - delicious, it was. I was hoping that the soup process might soften the effects, alas no!
Is it just me or is delicious usually given to something that tastes like paraffin wax candles.
They don't taste like paraffin wax candles (actually I don't know because I've never eaten them ... and don't even know what they are) ... they taste like sunflower seeds - sweet, nutty and aromatic. One of the best roasting root vegetables by far.
Just had my first (absolutely delicious) meal of jerusalem artichokes for absolutely ages.Wish me luck!
I am not sure if it is you that needs the luck, or the other members of your family!!
It must be the aromatic that put me off. I grew some years ago and I could not get on with the 'aromatic hints'. Being semi self sufficient back then I fed them to the goats only to pick up the same aroma in the milk. Perhaps now my taste buds have been blasted away by being rather partial to a drop of the cratur I should try them again.
Ah! The much maligned JA. Evidently, people harvest them too soon. They should be left in the ground for much longer until they are fully matured, this, evidently alleviates much of the side effects. Unfortunately, I stopped growing them after a couple of tries due to the fact that I hate the taste as well