the jerusalem artichokes puzzle

Thu, Jan 17, 2008

random discoveries continue: while chatting with Gio today, he said he would soon be off to cook topinambur – “those kind-of-potatoes which taste a bit like artichokes”.

uhmmm… my parents cooked topinambur a few times when i was a kid, and i remember we were all quite curious about these roots the first time they entered our house. so i googled for topinambur, and there it is – they are jerusalem artichokes: all helianthus tuberosus.

so i had actually eaten them before my “first encounter” with them in 2006. and now i remember i liked them even then 🙂