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Was looking at what I could grow for next year and thought of the above, have never had them before. What do they taste like and are they easy to grow? Can anyone help?
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I think you will need to buy a handful from the greengrocers to see if you like them Dianne - some people do, some don't. They are cooked and used in a similar way to potatoes - I like them in soup or cooked and covered with a cheese sauce. And they can disagree with you - they are not called fartichokes for nothing! When you have them growing they form a tall screen with flowers like sunflowers - and they tend to come up year after year as it is difficult to dig out all the little tubers.Whooops - now what are the dogs getting up to? -
We had some today, roasted with onions, carrots, garlic and red pepper with a bit of sage, rosemary, parsley, marjoram and bay leaf. Just at the end I topped the lot with some black forest ham slices and gave them a last 5 minutes in a hot oven. Though I say it myself, they tasted pretty good.
If you send me a SAE, I'll post you a few tubers - YOu'll be set up for life with JAs!Wars against nations are fought to change maps; wars against poverty are fought to map change – Muhammad AliComment
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I use them mainly as a wind break but in the depth of winter they are always available as an extra veg.
IanComment
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Very easy to grow and they make lovely soup :-)Comment
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Hayley B
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Thanks Jeanied - I think I'll do that anyway, but OH says he has had them before and he likes them, so it would be worthwhile. Its just that I had not tried them, but it sort of sounds like I would and could use them in soup as you suggested, and also Jillyreeves.
Grannymem, I will send you a PM and take you up on that kind offer of some tubers, that would be great.Comment
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is it ok to keep and store the tubers as i had mine in a container which keeps flooding so i have dug them up how would i store them for next year
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I'm no expert but I don't find they store that well - they go a bit soft. I usually blanch them and freeze them - you only need a few to add to a soup to get that lovely JA smoky flavour. I also add them to vegetable flans.Originally posted by nomad View PostWars against nations are fought to change maps; wars against poverty are fought to map change – Muhammad AliComment
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Great minds Hayley!Originally posted by HayleyB View PostAs a "wind break" eh
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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They don't store at all well - unless you store them in the ground. If you dig them up they are soft within the week. I leave them and dig them as required from December through to February. When I lift the last ones I save a few to replant.Whoever plants a garden believes in the future.
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I have found that ones which have gone soft seem to recover entirely after a soak in water! They taste fine (I think), and even sprout and grow.Comment
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I am planning on planting some next season.
I am in trouble, I get the winds by just looking at a can of beans.
DeanComment
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just started harvesting mine for first time they are lovely roasted and mint sauce goes well with them, just have to put up with the wind lol. i planted the fuseau variety very easy to peel.Comment
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