Comments on: The Jerusalem Artichoke: An apolitical tuber seeking to win the hearts and minds of potato-addicts everywhere http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/ (and what's eating me) Wed, 08 Feb 2012 21:14:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Kurt http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3323 Kurt Mon, 20 Dec 2010 22:56:54 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-3323 Inulin is not fructose, which we do absorb. Fructose is a monosaccharide which when combined with a molecule of glucose, is sucrose or common table sugar. It is NOT dietary fiber. Inulin is an energy storage form of carbohydrate found in some vegetables and tubers such as Jerusalem Artichokes. It is sometimes referred to as Fructan and this is a chain of fructose molecules and thus a polysaccharide. We don't posses a digestive path for this polysaccharide and thus it acts as roughage in the diet that we cannot digest, provides fiber to the digestive tract, and contributes to the reasonably glycemic index rating of the Jerusalem Artichoke. Inulin is not fructose, which we do absorb. Fructose is a monosaccharide which when combined with a molecule of glucose, is sucrose or common table sugar. It is NOT dietary fiber. Inulin is an energy storage form of carbohydrate found in some vegetables and tubers such as Jerusalem Artichokes. It is sometimes referred to as Fructan and this is a chain of fructose molecules and thus a polysaccharide. We don’t posses a digestive path for this polysaccharide and thus it acts as roughage in the diet that we cannot digest, provides fiber to the digestive tract, and contributes to the reasonably glycemic index rating of the Jerusalem Artichoke.

]]> By: Lorne http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-3022 Lorne Tue, 16 Nov 2010 02:30:57 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-3022 I've read you can leave them in the ground after fall into winter and the flavor will get sweeter- I'm not sure about places that freeze deep. As far as planting them for next year, my experience is you can get rid of them once you got them. I think you would need to sieve your soil to find all the little gas bombs. Obviously I can't eat them and that makes me sad and my neighbors happy. I’ve read you can leave them in the ground after fall into winter and the flavor will get sweeter- I’m not sure about places that freeze deep.

As far as planting them for next year, my experience is you can get rid of them once you got them. I think you would need to sieve your soil to find all the little gas bombs.

Obviously I can’t eat them and that makes me sad and my neighbors happy.

]]> By: Rebecca Szymanski http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-2939 Rebecca Szymanski Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-2939 I had gotten 2 bulbs at a plant swap in the spring.. I put them in the ground and had been convinced I had nothing till I cut them down and pulled them out of the ground by the stalk... OMFREAKING WORD... I have an overloaded large roaster pan full of these things... How long can I store them.. Is there a sure fire freezer storage. I am in Michigan and have a detached garage.. not sure they will be out there over the winter... Also.. RECIPES... RECIPES... RECIPES.... How do I store a few bulbs over the winter for the spring planing.. or should I find my NEW planting spot and put a few back in the ground and leave them alone to sprout next year... DESPERATE FOR HELP... I had gotten 2 bulbs at a plant swap in the spring.. I put them in the ground and had been convinced I had nothing till I cut them down and pulled them out of the ground by the stalk… OMFREAKING WORD… I have an overloaded large roaster pan full of these things…

How long can I store them.. Is there a sure fire freezer storage. I am in Michigan and have a detached garage.. not sure they will be out there over the winter…

Also.. RECIPES… RECIPES… RECIPES….

How do I store a few bulbs over the winter for the spring planing.. or should I find my NEW planting spot and put a few back in the ground and leave them alone to sprout next year…

DESPERATE FOR HELP…

]]> By: Mercedes Cherie http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-2878 Mercedes Cherie Sun, 10 Oct 2010 20:13:41 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-2878 Wish I had a place to grow them... If anyone would like to get rid of their excess, please let me know... They work well in most potatoe recipes. Our favorite recipe is simple just wash and scrub well, slice, place in baking pan, cover with a little olive oil spray,then season with garlic, onion, himalayian sea salt, and fresh ground pepper, or other spices you prefer.... Wish I had a place to grow them… If anyone would like to get rid of their excess, please let me know… They work well in most potatoe recipes. Our favorite recipe is simple just wash and scrub well, slice, place in baking pan, cover with a little olive oil spray,then season with garlic, onion, himalayian sea salt, and fresh ground pepper, or other spices you prefer….

]]> By: Pondlife, France http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-1335 Pondlife, France Wed, 12 May 2010 06:30:22 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-1335 Intestinal flora?? Good grief... I just eat 'em because they taste good. That's allowed too! I have never had trouble farting from eating "topinambour" as we call these in France. Scrub them, boil them until they can be easily pricked with a knife point, then slice or chop them into some olive oil in which you have already cooked some lardons (bacon bits). Once nicely coated and maybe browned a little, add the bacon bits to mix and then pour the lot over some winter salad leaves, roquette/rucola, feuilles de chêne - wonderful. Bon appetit. Intestinal flora?? Good grief…

I just eat ‘em because they taste good. That’s allowed too! I have never had trouble farting from eating “topinambour” as we call these in France. Scrub them, boil them until they can be easily pricked with a knife point, then slice or chop them into some olive oil in which you have already cooked some lardons (bacon bits). Once nicely coated and maybe browned a little, add the bacon bits to mix and then pour the lot over some winter salad leaves, roquette/rucola, feuilles de chêne – wonderful. Bon appetit.

]]> By: Jerusalem Artichokes | deepblueoranges http://www.tamaraduker.com/2009/01/the-jerusalem-artichoke-an-apolitical-tuber-seeking-to-win-the-hearts-and-minds-of-potato-addicts-everywhere/comment-page-1/#comment-1323 Jerusalem Artichokes | deepblueoranges Sun, 09 May 2010 05:51:25 +0000 http://www.tamaraduker.com/?p=140#comment-1323 [...] Jerusalem artichoke has a flavour which reminds me of my childhood.  I didn’t really like them then and the dire effects they have on one’s gastric system makes me wonder why I do now.  In any event, J had grown the vegetables herself and after dinner she gave us a large bag of them to eat, plant or just turn into compost.  Three of the bulbs I planted out grew, and throughout the summer I have been rewarded with the yellow sunflower like flowers which give the plant its name.  Girasole is the Italian for sunflower – Jerusalem the Anglicisation of that term.  The thing is, a Jerusalem artichoke is neither an artichoke nor a sunflower.  It does not turn around with the sun as its namesake does and as its original name implies, nor is it part of the artichoke family. [...] [...] Jerusalem artichoke has a flavour which reminds me of my childhood.  I didn’t really like them then and the dire effects they have on one’s gastric system makes me wonder why I do now.  In any event, J had grown the vegetables herself and after dinner she gave us a large bag of them to eat, plant or just turn into compost.  Three of the bulbs I planted out grew, and throughout the summer I have been rewarded with the yellow sunflower like flowers which give the plant its name.  Girasole is the Italian for sunflower – Jerusalem the Anglicisation of that term.  The thing is, a Jerusalem artichoke is neither an artichoke nor a sunflower.  It does not turn around with the sun as its namesake does and as its original name implies, nor is it part of the artichoke family. [...]

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