What do Jerusalem Artichokes tatse like?

[Phill]

Hi All,
I'm not sure how anyone can really answer this properly, but as I'm growng a few that I picked up in Tesco (and they've just broke through the soil). I was wondering what they tasted like and how they were best enjoyed. Thanks for any replies.

[zazen999]

I peel them, put them straight into lemony water to stop them going yellowy.

then, chuck them in with roast spuds.

They go like a soft roast potato, and taste [in my opinion] a little like less perfumey parsnips, and are much softer.

You can also put them in with potatoes and mash them.

I only had one batch and did the above in 2 meals; when I grew them they were too small to eat [as were grown in a pot last summer], and I didn't plant any of them this year as I was waiting for ages for a lottie, and by the time I got one they had all shrivelled up.

[squashysu]

Hi

personally to me they tasted "grim", a bit like soggy soap, but as everyones taste buds are different anything is worth a try.

Good luck with them.

SS

[Demeter]

I've only had them roasted, and was not a fan. They are quite soft and taste - um - earthy? (like soil) They were perfectly edible, but frankly, I'd rather have spuds

[nerobot]

They are very nice stir-fried. Like a nutty sweet-potato

[duggie]

They taste rather nutty but earthy. Pleasant roasted or made into soup. Unfortunately the rather windy result is less pleasant We are growing a few on the lottie this year as we were given a few tubers by some kind neighbours but I would'nt have gone out and bought any.

[Flummery]

I think earthy-nutty sums them up nicely - almost smoky too. I'm a great fan of them. However, they can cause gas! Still, I'd rather eat them and open a window.

[la cebolla grande]

I've been growing them for YEARS, and do you know what? I've never plucked up the courage to try any. Have even had loads make it as far as the fridge, but never quite to the oven/saucepan.........

[T-lady]

I've been growing them for YEARS, and do you know what? I've never plucked up the courage to try any. Have even had loads make it as far as the fridge, but never quite to the oven/saucepan.........

Love your honesty! (they've got pretty flowers any way)

[Flummery]

So why do you grow it LCG? It takes up a lot of room for a crop you don't eat.

[la cebolla grande]

They are pretty I guess! I have 2 small patches at the edges of my lottie, and they just seem right there! I would never have gone to the faff of planting them, but they were already there when we took the lottie on.

Also, about the only thing we 'grow' really successfully on the lottie is voles. In the iwnter we dig some tubers up for them - they love them. I don't know if voles have the same windy problem as humans though.............

LCG

[Flummery]

You should be able to hear in quiet moments if they do! Little parping noises from the undergrowth?

[lottie dolly]

You should be able to hear in quiet moments if they do! Little parping noises from the undergrowth?

with a notice on the surface,BEWARE EARTH QUAKE AREA

[piskieinboots]

I've been growing them for YEARS, and do you know what? I've never plucked up the courage to try any. Have even had loads make it as far as the fridge, but never quite to the oven/saucepan.........

get em in the pan, I have boiled, mashed, sauted, roasted, souped them - I like them lots (thankfully no gas from me!) and if you are watching the waist-line .. they are low kcal ... win win

[Arachne]

I've given up on trying to cook them, as I just find the effort in for what you get out a disappointing ratio - so much peeling for... small things that I find quite lacking in flavour - just a little bit pointless really.

But each to their own, I know I eat some things that are labour intensive for what you get, and somethings that other people wouldn't contemplate putting in their mouths