[permaculture] Inulin and fermentation

Paul Kosuth prkosuth at ll.net
Sun Apr 6 16:59:54 EDT 2008


can you give a more specific recipe and process for fermenting the 
sunchokes?

Paul


On Apr 6, 2008, at 3:31 PM, Ossi Kakko wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have fermented grated fresh sunchokes with stinging nettle and other
> perennial greens and the result seems to be inulin conversion into
> fructose. Very tasty but it shouldn't let get too acidic - I will 
> report
> more after the winter is gone and I get my hands on them again...
>
> We also have small plot of sunchockes growing with native alders, which
> seems to result reasonable amount of good sized tubers in the wild 
> state
> more than 10 years after planting...
>
> Ossi Kakko, Fennoscandia
> ossi.kakko at kulma.net
>
>> It's been said that adding a bit of potato to beans decreases the
>> incidence of "wind" (fart!).  Maybe that would work with sunchokes.  
>> If
>> bacteria in our guts digest inulin, who is digesting them?  There 
>> must be
>> some way to get more energy out of them, such as fermentation, other 
>> than
>> cooking them forever.  Too many crops recommended by permaculturists
>> require extra cooking, which means more fossil fuel or wood use.  This
>> doesn't seem like a good solution for a staple food.
>>
>>
>
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