permaculture

["L. Santoyo Designs" <santoyo@earthflow.com>]

> On 4/4/08 11:17 PM, "Mathew Waehner" <waehner@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >  As far as the tremendous wind, I've read that that comes from the inulin,
> >  which some people aren't able to metabolise easily.  For such people, it may
> >  be helpful to store them above ground to let the inulin turn to starch.
>
> They really need to be cooked well - this changes the nature of the inulin
> and makes it readily assimable/digestible  - a nutritionist explained it to
> me but can't recall the chemistry at work. Anyway have found it works - well
> cooked there's no gaseous aftermath.
> For those who don't have such problems, try slicing them into a stir fry
> with salted blackbeans (or blackbean sauce), garlic, shallots and chinese
> greens - yummm...
> Ciao
> Robyn



We had a bumper crop a few years back -gave lots away to plant and 
eat -my neighbor returned them to us as a fiery hot chile salt 
pickled ferment, kinda-like a kim chee -

If your heart and arteries are good -try preparing them thinly 
sliced, layered with potatoes, onions and a white flour, butter & 
cream sauce, extra gruyere cheese, sprinkle with diced pancetta then 
bake an hour or more, then finish in the broiler till a golden brown 
crust appears -scalloped potatoes sunchoke au gratin...

L.Santoyo