[jolly jen]

just dug my artichokes up today,,some nice big fat ones there,
1st time i have grown then,

I always thought there were brown ,they were when i planted then,

any advice please and how do i cook them ,,peel them put them in a stew?

[barbarella]

I think some of the tubers do have a bluish tinge, now I come to think of it.  I take it you do mean Jerusalem artichokes?

You can  cook them like carrots, mash or bake them.   I use mine to make carrot and artichoke soup from the Delia soup book  http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/type-of-dish/soups/carrot-and-artichoke-soup.html .  It is absolutely delicious.  One problem though - J artichokes give you the most horrendous wind.  Not particularly smelly, just noisy and copious   So think about what you might be intending to do a few hours after you consume said soup.  The effect lasts about 24 hours.

If you are planning to  reserve a few tubers to replant next year, don't bother.  Like potatoes, you can't avoid leaving a few 'volunteers'in the soil and they will come up next year for sure.  Hope ths helps.

[jolly jen]

thanks ,yes they are jerusalem ,my are quite purple,,all thou the ones i have seen in the shops are brown ,thats why i wondered what had happened,i roatsed some with my spuds last night....they really have no flavour at all, my two boys spotted them out sraight away and refused to taste them....

 i will make a soup this week and put them in with carrot and butternut squash.
cant say im fussed on them thou.

[jolly jen]

making a soup today with them ,thanks for the tip,,i nake it in the slow cooker so i can just get on with other bits while it cooks

[tode]

Ther are two sorts of Jerusalem artichokes: a purplish variety, and another that's moremore yellow/pale brown.   We had the purple sort, but got rid of em because they're smaller and a lot more knobbly, so difficult to prepare.  The yellow ones seem to taste better, too.

Try slicing em and then gently frying in butter: great    :happy:

[gillie]

We grow the variety Fuseau which is less nobbly - but just as invasive!

Cheers,

Gillie

[jolly jen]

thanks,,

well i was given these but they were a brown colour when i planted them,so inless they have changed variety i dunno.lol

there not too bad to peel,but there is a lot of waste,
made a soup with BN squash ,carrots pumpkins,carrots chilli, coconut milk,,artichokes.nice n spicy