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  • From: <jelie@new.rr.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Cc: "Luffman, Margie" <Margie.Luffman@AGR.GC.CA>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sunchokes
  • Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 15:06:40 -0400


Hey Margie, Any chance of posting or passing along that sunchoke bread
recipe. I love using uncommon vegetables and fruit but using them can be the
biggest problem with their limited exposure and knowledge base.

Thanks,

Jim Elie
Green Bay WI
zone 4b/5a


--- "Luffman wrote:
> I have grown Jerusalem artichokes deliberately for years. My mother used to
> make artichoke bread and people lined up to get a loaf. They also make a
> wonderful addition to poultry dressing or even just put in the bottom of
> the roast pan where they absorb the juices and get crispy.
>
> Margie
>
> Margie Luffman, Curator, Canadian Clonal Genebank
> Agriculture and AgriFood Canada | Agriculture et Agroalimentaire Canada
> RR # 2, 2585 County Road 20
> Harrow, Ontario N0R 1G0
>
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
> [mailto:nafex-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of mIEKAL aND
> Sent: September 14, 2009 11:50 AM
> To: North American Fruit Explorers
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Sunchokes
>
> I just harvest my groundnut for the first time even tho I have a very
> old patch. I got about 5 gallons of roots & tuberous underground
> vines (for lack of the proper term) in about 6 square feet. I'm
> growing a variety I got from Will Bonsall who back then was doing a
> breeding project.
>
> I notice the farther out you harvest the smaller the tubers get.
>
> For the first ten years it was spreading very slowly but the last
> couple years it has been gaining momentum & has decided it really
> likes to cover all my grape trellissing which has prompted me to start
> harvesting.
>
> I also cooked up a big meal of them yesterday & was surprised how much
> they do taste like a potato, especially slathered in butter. The
> skins really needed to be removed because they were pretty leathery.
> My very biggest ones were the size of a plum & most were a lot
> smaller.
>
> ~mIEKAL
>
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:39 AM, <Hilborn.E@epamail.epa.gov> wrote:
> > I effectively killed a patch of sunchokes off by ignoring them for a
> > year, then by mowing the area routinely with the rest of the lawn....
> >
> > I am still trying to establish Apios. I planted 6, 1 is barely
> > surviving. The deer have broken down my post and wire barriers to get to
> > them!
> >
> > Betsy Hilborn
> > 7a NC
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