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Gardenarian
10-22-12, 7:33pm
My neighbor had an excess of Jerusalem artichokes and passed some on to me.
I've only made these once before and they caused me to have such bad gas that I was up half the night!
Does anyone know how to prepare Jersalem artichokes so they won't have this effect?
I would love to grow them - they do great in my zone and are so pretty! If only I could actually eat them!
Float On
10-22-12, 7:45pm
That is the one thing I've heard from everyone who ever tried to grow them.

http://www.permacultureproject.com/jerusalem-artichokes-winter-bounty-minus-the-gas/ - this mentioned fermenting them, or roasting for long periods of time like the Indians did.
CathyA
10-22-12, 8:13pm
LOL! We grew them a long time ago. We loved them........but the gas was out of control! It was so bad that when we finally quit eating them, it got so quiet we said "hey............what's that???" and it was the silence. hahahahaha
Maxamillion
10-22-12, 8:23pm
Now I want to try them just for the gas effects lol.
CathyA
10-22-12, 8:35pm
Sometimes, it would even lift us off the ground. :)
Gregg
10-23-12, 10:33am
Now I want to try them just for the gas effects lol.

ROFL...I had the same thought!
KayLR
10-23-12, 10:37am
I've only had them once and did not care for the flavor of them at all.
Gardenarian
10-23-12, 6:42pm
I love the taste, but they certainly earn their nickname "Fartichokes."
Maybe if I just eat a little every day I'll get used to them...
I don't think I'd want to get into pickling them, and roasting them seems to use a lot of energy. Maybe I could find some slow cooker recipe?
CathyA
10-23-12, 8:30pm
LOL........Fartichokes.........:laff:
Maxamillion
10-23-12, 11:49pm
Fartichokes!! Love it! I might have to take some to my family's Thanksgiving dinner. :devil:
peggy
10-24-12, 11:44am
Mine you, I've never grown or eaten them, but I have read that if you harvest them in the spring, the gassiness is greatly reduced.
Brian
12-4-12, 11:33pm
The great thing about Sunchokes for diabetics is their inulin levels which the body does not turn into sugars easily... the bad thing is the side effect of non assimilated inulin. I like then in cultured vegetable mixes (salt free fermented kim chee or sauerkraut types), which make up a significant portion of my diet. There does not appear (and you know when there is an issue with them), to be any gas issue with those cultured mixes. In the past we used to boil or roast them low and slow to covert the inulin to assumable sugars or dehydrate them to sunchoke chips. I do love the taste any way except grey boiled mush.