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Tried these for the first time the other day ;D, they should be named "fartychokes"!
          Good tip,- dont go on a date after eating them  ::)

                       Regards,

Renowned for it...  ;D

Well, there is plenty of info about it.

If you must try it for yourself to find out if we are telling fibs..........

You deserve what you get and the repeats..

Keep away from naked flames after eating Globe Artichokes. ;D

Try soaking in water then boiling them,  then using as you would have done. It helps a bit, well a very little bit.
Ok not much. I have been "banned" from growing them.
Don't understand it really :D :D

What is in them that makes you *break wind* :-[???

Duke

They are very good if you can`t afford a jacuzzi.lol

I know this is a problem with Jerusalem artichokes but I've never heard of it in relation to globe artichokes. Apparently the problem is a high level of inulin and complex carbohydrates which our body finds difficult to break down. It is broken down by bacteria in the bowel rather than digestive enzymes.

But don't quote me on that! ;)

Quote from: Duke Ellington on December 13, 2010, 21:53:30
What is in them that makes you *break wind* :-[???

Duke

They have a carbohydrate called inulin (not insulin)! as the body breaks this down it produces the side effect that they are known for. It is supposed to be healthy though-the inulin that is.

I think they make a lovely addition to soup-but alas no more ???

mmm probably my favorite vegetable.
But I am intrigued as to how you get to eat them in December Unless you are in the southern hemisphere - they are a spring vegetable  ???

I lift mine any time after the foliage dies back.

Antipodes here in the UK Jerusalem artichoke tubers are lifted as required anytime between the end of October and early March!

We call them 'Fartichokes'

You can make an artichoke soup out of them...but i daren't as i think we would all blow a hole in our roof

I'm a big fan of jerusalem artichokes they look good in the summer shooting up to 10ft tall and give a reliable root harvest in the winter. I cut them into fingers, peel, slice into discs and fry in a little oil until they brown and go deliciously creamy. Leave a few in the ground for next years harvest.

They are supposed to be very good for you, and what's wrong with some farting?

That first time you invite him/her to `sleep over` make a gratin of Jerusalem artichokes.

If you are still speaking the following morning-that`s one hurdle less to living together happily ;D

Bricks on the corners of the duvet...
and a room that smells like a giraffe enclosure...  :-X

Once upon a time I made a fartichoke gartin for a dinner with friends - same recipe as for gratin dauphinois with spuds.  It was absolutely delicious but the two Kiwi friends who ate it were up all night with painful wind and thought I'd given them food poisoning.   Clearly not enough fibre in their usual diet.

I have a few plants out there now waiting to be harvested but they're under a foot of more of snow in ground that's already frozen.................

 

Grew them on the old plot.... mice got most adn the rest did live up to the rep.... if you need an "alternative" rootcrop I'd suggest celeriac, they need a stupid amount of water (I put mine on the watering circuit that fed the greenhouse so their soaker hose got 2 hours a day....) but are otherwise easy.... good alternative to parsnips, easy to start in modules (a huge plus as far as I'm concerned) tase somewhat liek parsnips with a big dash of celery salt.... lovely roasted, treat as parsnips.... apparently the French make a salad out of the grated up, but then they're a bunch of randy unwashed cheese-eating surrender monkeys so YMMV....

Mine have withstood the recent weather with aplomb and have the big advantage over a parsnip when the ground is frozen that you aren't pulling out of the ground, you're just taking it off the top really......

chrisc

Before I was banned from growing them, I never gave them extra water. did not know they needed it.

Any chance the "windiness" is reduced if they get a lot of water? :-\