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Mumsnet Discussions: Food : neighbour has just given me some artichokes but they don't look like artichokes, they look more like potatoes..... (18 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By katierocket on Mon 12-May-08 13:44:17
He said that we can plant them (so obviously grow what I would think of as artichokes) but also that we can eat the bulbs. Anyone tried this? what the heck do I do with them?
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By WanderingTrolley on Mon 12-May-08 13:45:16
are they jerusalem artichokes?

they make you fart like a steam train
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By EffiePerine on Mon 12-May-08 13:46:06
they are jerusalem artichokes

scrub well, roast with olive oil and lemon juice

I love them but they do give you wind
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By warthog on Mon 12-May-08 13:46:29
yup - jerusalem artichokes
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By katierocket on Mon 12-May-08 13:46:36
aha, perhaps they are {ignorant emoticon}
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Blu on Mon 12-May-08 13:46:37
They are foul.
Put them in the compost.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By witchandchips on Mon 12-May-08 13:46:47
my guess is that you've got jeruselam artichokes (bit like a potato ) instead
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Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By WanderingTrolley on Mon 12-May-08 13:47:14
Jerusalem artichokes

For your nose if they are
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By AitchTwoCiao on Mon 12-May-08 13:47:21
yes, scour them, cook them, realise they taste of mud in any case and then bin them. grin
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By artichokes on Mon 12-May-08 13:47:31
They must be jeruslam artichokes (although it is the wrong season for them). They are yummy in stews. Jamie Oliver has great recipes for them.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By Bluestocking on Mon 12-May-08 13:48:11
They are delicious but the farting is genuinely unbelievable. Don't eat them and then go to a very ritzy fortieth birthday party, which is what I did. Fortunately the music was very loud ...
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By OrmIrian on Mon 12-May-08 13:48:47
jerusalem artichokes.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By barbarianoftheuniverse on Mon 12-May-08 13:49:14
They make lovely soup, with the added attraction that if you do it today you will be jet propelled until Wednesday.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By katierocket on Mon 12-May-08 13:49:29
Hmmm..the wind thing is putting me off.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By artichokes on Mon 12-May-08 13:49:50
cook them like this with a roast. Gorgeous.
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By WigWamBam on Mon 12-May-08 13:51:05
The English planter John Goodyer on Jerusalem artichokes:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men."
Contact the poster See this person's profile Contact mumsnet about this post By anniemac on Mon 12-May-08 14:15:54
They are on my list of favourite vegetables. I peel them and put them in the water when I am broiling chicken - delicious - they are like a lighter version of a potatato.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By katierocket on Mon 12-May-08 14:19:50
WWB - he's not mincing his words is he?!
I will try them and report back (on the taste and the wind factor).


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