permaculture

[Paul Kosuth <prkosuth@ll.net>]

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@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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