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  • Jerusalem Artichoke Giveaway

    Having gleefully harvesting loads of JA's today I cooked some up to find that I don't really like them that much

    I am happy to give tham away to good homes, either for growing or eating.
    Going to keep about 6 back to grow again as I think they make lovely plants, but have got a few kilo in total to offload.
    PM me with your address and how many tubers you would like if you want some

    Thanks for the PMs guys, but they have all been re-homed now.

    Kirsty
    Last edited by kirsty b; 04-11-2007, 08:52 PM.
    Kirsty b xx

  • #2
    Don't like them ?????????

    Great soup, mix with carrots etc etc, even good roasted like spuds !!!!!!!!!!!
    TonyF, Dordogne 24220

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    • #3
      You must have guts like steel Tony!!!
      Agree- nice flavour- but you just got to check them out first!!!!
      "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

      Location....Normandy France

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      • #4
        Is it the taste or the digestive effect? Indigestion? Flatulance?
        Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
        That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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        • #5
          Personally we've found that if you peel and chip them, then parboil before frying the wind doesnt get too bad and the flavour is fab, a bit like a nuttier tasting chip, very nice indeed!
          Blessings
          Suzanne (aka Mrs Dobby)

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          • #6
            Another Mrs Steel Gut here. I love the soup and also like to mix them with spuds in a mash.
            Last edited by Flummery; 03-11-2007, 11:50 AM.
            Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by rutters View Post
              Is it the taste or the digestive effect? Indigestion? Flatulance?
              It seems that people's reactions differ in intensity, but basically you can feel the wind building up as it travels through the guts, and it can become very uncomfortable.
              Best not to stand too near a naked flame once it's worked it's way through the system!!!!

              But remember everyone is different!!
              "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

              Location....Normandy France

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              • #8
                Not bothered at the thought of wind, but I wasn't too keen on the taste.

                THanks for all the PM's guys, will get them packaged up and sent at the end of the week.


                All re-homed now.
                Kirsty
                Last edited by kirsty b; 04-11-2007, 09:04 AM.
                Kirsty b xx

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                • #9
                  Remember they don't store at all well... best to dig them up as you need them, don't dig the whole crop up like you would potatoes.
                  Save your smoothest biggest tubers to replant next year.
                  Even if you don't like the taste, they have pretty sunflowers, and make good windbreaks/screening
                  All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                  • #10
                    any tips on storing them for next year? Also when to re-plant?

                    cheers
                    Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
                    That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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                    • #11
                      Store them in the ground. I dig mine from Christmas till February/March and at that stage I pick out a few of the best to replant. So the new crop for planting are out of the ground a mere few days.
                      Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                      www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                      • #12
                        Do you plant them in the same place each year?

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                        • #13
                          I do now. I used to move them around the garden with the result that I got odd ones cropping up here and there - worse than odd spuds! I now grow them in a short row (only me eating them) between my garden and the neighbour's - at the edge of my veg plot. They make a good screen and windbreak for most of the summer and autumn. (And then in the winter they release all the wind at one go!)
                          Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.

                          www.vegheaven.blogspot.com Updated March 9th - Spring

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                          • #14
                            Thanks Kirsty,
                            I recieved my tubers today in good condition. Hopfully I can return the favour some time!

                            Thanks Again

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                            • #15
                              Got mine today..thanks Kirsty..Shall I send you a couple of pounds for the postage? I'll need your address (PM'd)

                              How are other members storing these?

                              cheers
                              Before you criticise someone, you should walk a mile in their shoes.
                              That way, when you criticise them, you're a mile away and you have their shoes.

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