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Last week after Carol Klein's programme 'How to grow your vegetables'. She had mention Jerusalem Artichoke which I never know when is the best time to harvest  ???

After that programme,the next day when I went down to the plot. First thing to do was dug the Jerusalem Artichoke up to see what I got ;) Not bad result ;)
Got some red & white tubers! Seem red tubers doing much better than white ones :P


trouble is after I been eaten them ,it made me so windly ;D ;D

I just dug up another root today, intending to try gnocchi ... got about 6 left still in the ground. You soon find who are your real friends after eating JA's ... :D

Derek :)

Brilliant - I went to the garden centre yesterday and asked if they would be getting any JA's in... they said no as last year they sold them off for 10p each. I kindly informed them that Carol Klein had the national on JA alert and they would be making a mistake not to get the JA in. She said she would tell her boss (fingers crossed)

So thats where all these high winds :-[ are coming from I had a feeling it was Lancashire way :o , couldn't do us a favour Lee and point your butt northwards.   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

The knobbly ones look fatter than the smooth ones Yuet_Lee, was there any difference in where they were planted/how you looked after them? ::)

;D ;D ;DCurry!

Olive oil,
I actually got my roots from tesco when they reduced from £1.99 to 30p for 6 little poor roots in a pack! :P Had try  four roasted in an oven,and planted two,which are the red ones you saw in the picture!  ;) That was the first time I try them two years ago!
Don't know why Tesco they sale it so expensive ??? ???

Cornykev,
Mother natural winds had blow southway ;D ;D ;D


Superspout,
they just in a separated pot put next to each other!
infact the knobbly ones been in a smaller pot all over the summer until I changed the pot in September. When I dug them up I didn't realise they've better roots then the others ;)

had some in my plot when i took over boiled them and didn,t like them so got rid
but after seeing c k prog( which i enjoyed) frying them wanted to give them another go, went to tesco,s and got 2 trays of6 for 10p each they are past their
best for eating (roots and sprouts) which suits my purpose, so her goes

I grow Fuseau and mailed a dozen tubers each to two A4A members.... the P+P was a limiting factor!
;D

Well I have just done (and eaten) artichoke gnocchi, in our case dressed with sage and nut pesto (recipe adapted from supersprout) and served with lightly fried onions and turkey (olive oil). The artichokes produced a far coarser texture than potato, but everyone declared the flavour better, and preferred the artichokes.

I removed the artichoke pulp using supersprout's squeeze and skin technique, and disposed of the skins after cooking. Perhaps next time I may use a mechanical aid to make a smooth artichoke puree ...

Will definitely try artichoke gnocchi again ...

Derek :)

Yay! Another variation to try, thank you curry :)

Haven't tried artichokes or gnocchi but your dinner makes me feel very hungry

Supersprout what thread did you write about your 'squeeze and skin' technique?

Besides the wind problem - JA's can become a nuisance as the slightest little bit left in the ground will grow - which I suppose is not a bad thing.

Never grown or tasted what does it actually taste of.    ::) :-\ :-\ :-\

Quote from: cornykev on January 15, 2007, 20:27:21
...what does it actually taste of...

Bit potatoey, bit chesnutty, bit like sweet potatoes. I like them a lot!

silly question, would these irritate if someone had IBS ? :-\

Message received and returned yes I do live in Enfield the map is wrong. ;D ;D ;D ;D

If you have IBS I would give them a miss Manics. They contain a pentose sugar which our gut flora cannot digest so you would get that bloating and abdominal pain you would associate with IBS but not necessarily the squits associated with say Lactose intolerance....
:(

I was thrilled with our first harvest of them.  Thank gawd for a ready stock of asafoetida is all I can say, particularly as I'm on site with a client all day tomorrow!! :o

Quote from: Kea on January 15, 2007, 18:26:43
Supersprout what thread did you write about your 'squeeze and skin' technique?

Hi Kea,
first post in http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,91/topic,26627.0
:)