[net.cooks] What Are Sunchokes?

jeri@alice.UUCP (07/26/83)

I'm sorry if this question has been previously
answered on the net, but could someone please
tell me what sunchokes are, and where I can find them?
Mail to

			Jeri Frisch
			(..alice!jeri)

berry@zinfandel.UUCP (07/28/83)

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zinfandel!berry    Jul 27 09:51:00 1983

Sunchokes, previously known as Jerusalem artichokes
(ain't marketing wonderful) are a species of sunflower
(Helianthus tubersosus) having "edible tuberous roots".
They remind me of water chestnuts in texture, but they 
have a unique pleasant flavor.  They are good additions to
stir-fried dishes, and to assortments of crudites.

Here in California they are widely available in most grocery
stores.  Elsewhere I couldn't say.

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