Comments on: Jerusalem Artichokes - They’re not even Jewish! http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/ Ever the arty Autie Sat, 11 Oct 2008 06:32:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-3341 donna Thu, 28 Dec 2006 11:09:48 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-3341 ah the pain, yes, I remember it well. Reckon I'll forget in 20 years too and thing, mmmmm, roasted artichokes, weren't they wonderful. :-) Donna Williams *) ah the pain, yes, I remember it well. Reckon I’ll forget in 20 years too and thing, mmmmm, roasted artichokes, weren’t they wonderful.

:-) Donna Williams *)

]]> By: liz http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-3339 liz Thu, 28 Dec 2006 09:55:52 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-3339 Wonderful vegetable: boiled whole, unpeeled and then mashed. Add generous helping of creamed horseradish, coarse mustard and butter. Enjoy. However..........the following flatulence and pain will probably remove 99% of the remembered pleasure of consumption. Yes - they also go forth and multiply and if they take over your allotment just move onto another one as far away as possible. We ate them yesterday with a venison casserole - 6 hours later we remembered why we had crossed them off our veggie list 20 years ago. Have a go anyway! Wonderful vegetable: boiled whole, unpeeled and then mashed. Add generous helping of creamed horseradish, coarse mustard and butter. Enjoy. However……….the following flatulence and pain will probably remove 99% of the remembered pleasure of consumption. Yes - they also go forth and multiply and if they take over your allotment just move onto another one as far away as possible. We ate them yesterday with a venison casserole - 6 hours later we remembered why we had crossed them off our veggie list 20 years ago. Have a go anyway!

]]> By: Cathie http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-203 Cathie Sun, 25 Jun 2006 17:21:50 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-203 Donna, You are the Best! You wrote hilariously about my exact experience with those pesky Jerusalem artichokes. As my husband used to say, once they get established, "You can't get rid of them with a blow torch." I love the image of nuking them for 20 minutes on high just to reduce their potency to that of a baked bean. Whew! Donna,
You are the Best! You wrote hilariously about my exact experience with those pesky Jerusalem artichokes. As my husband used to say, once they get established, “You can’t get rid of them with a blow torch.” I love the image of nuking them for 20 minutes on high just to reduce their potency to that of a baked bean. Whew!

]]> By: Ian http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-187 Ian Mon, 19 Jun 2006 05:29:14 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-187 When I was a kid, about 60 years ago, my father grew artichokes - they were delicious. I have only seen them once in the shops and that was about 20 years ago. I found out from my father very late in life that he called them 'fartichokes'. When I was a kid, about 60 years ago, my father grew artichokes - they were delicious. I have only seen them once in the shops and that was about 20 years ago. I found out from my father very late in life that he called them ‘fartichokes’.

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-148 donna Sun, 04 Jun 2006 12:25:36 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-148 A gisarole... wow, there's a word... sounds like a ballet dancing beef risole. :-) Donna *) A gisarole… wow, there’s a word… sounds like a ballet dancing beef risole.

:-) Donna *)

]]> By: chamoisee http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-144 chamoisee Thu, 01 Jun 2006 03:34:42 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-144 The name is a corruption of some word...I think it is "gisarole" or something similar. Anyway, the word sounds like Jerusalem, and it means "turning to the sun" which the flowers do (like their sunflower relatives. It's odd, because the first artichokes I grew didn't give me any digestive problems and the skin was reddish. The second time around I grew the standard type (light brown skin) and they gave me serious intestinal cramping. I ate them once and didn't brave them again. The name is a corruption of some word…I think it is “gisarole” or something similar. Anyway, the word sounds like Jerusalem, and it means “turning to the sun” which the flowers do (like their sunflower relatives.

It’s odd, because the first artichokes I grew didn’t give me any digestive problems and the skin was reddish. The second time around I grew the standard type (light brown skin) and they gave me serious intestinal cramping. I ate them once and didn’t brave them again.

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-119 donna Sat, 06 May 2006 23:15:27 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-119 No, mate, that's a totally other artichoke, a 'real' artichoke. Jerusalem artichokes look like a ginger root. The soup sounds nice... am I invited? Make sure its dairy/gluten free for me, OK? I'll be on the next plane ;-) The Jerusalem artichokes were neither from Jerusalem nor artichokes... hmm, who knows who started the term. They are part of the sunflower family and the plant is actually a tall sunflower with a single flower on top the size of a hand... very pretty...a 'happiness' flower. :-) No, mate, that’s a totally other artichoke, a ‘real’ artichoke. Jerusalem artichokes look like a ginger root. The soup sounds nice… am I invited? Make sure its dairy/gluten free for me, OK? I’ll be on the next plane ;-)
The Jerusalem artichokes were neither from Jerusalem nor artichokes… hmm, who knows who started the term. They are part of the sunflower family and the plant is actually a tall sunflower with a single flower on top the size of a hand… very pretty…a ‘happiness’ flower.

:-)

]]> By: phlippa http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-118 phlippa Sat, 06 May 2006 22:42:19 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-118 Hi Donna. Like you I 'cook by feel'. I believe that artistic merit in cooking is not in the presentation but in the taste As for soup and artichokes, being a real Jewish girl i do the old chicken soup but also lentil and bacon (for shame!). As for Artichokes, they might have been discovered in Jerusalem but it not a traditional Jewish thing to eat. I was served some a few times in Crete and it was the spiky head you had to peel and suck. Or was that another sort of artichoke? Hi Donna. Like you I ‘cook by feel’. I believe that artistic merit in cooking is not in the presentation but in the taste As for soup and artichokes, being a real Jewish girl i do the old chicken soup but also lentil and bacon (for shame!). As for Artichokes, they might have been discovered in Jerusalem but it not a traditional Jewish thing to eat. I was served some a few times in Crete and it was the spiky head you had to peel and suck. Or was that another sort of artichoke?

]]> By: Stuart Vallantine http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-104 Stuart Vallantine Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:30:01 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-104 When it comes to soup, my Dad is one for improvisation. His speciality is pea and ham or smokey bacon. My local footballing side, Stalybridge Celtic have been doing home made pea and ham soup for some home games as part of the refreshments, which has gone down well with myself and most of the fans. When it comes to soup, my Dad is one for improvisation.

His speciality is pea and ham or smokey bacon. My local footballing side, Stalybridge Celtic have been doing home made pea and ham soup for some home games as part of the refreshments, which has gone down well with myself and most of the fans.

]]> By: donna http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-103 donna Wed, 26 Apr 2006 13:37:07 +0000 http://blog.donnawilliams.net/2006/04/20/theyre-not-even-jewish/#comment-103 I make up receipes as I go along, I'm afraid. But I suspect a Jerusalem Artichoke soup might go well with some cabbage and leeks - sort of using it as you would potato. Asparagus is scrummy. I love it when its not too mushy and then rolled in a bit of oil with some iodised salt, garlic and lemon juice. Pea and ham soup.... yum... anyone Jewish can do pea and lamb... anyone vegitarian can do pea and .............well...other vegies! a nice soup is cauliflower and cashew soup... you steam these then stick them in the blender, then make this 'mash' into soup - yum. and pumpkin soup with corriander .... yum. and clearly I like soup :-) I make up receipes as I go along, I’m afraid. But I suspect a Jerusalem Artichoke soup might go well with some cabbage and leeks - sort of using it as you would potato.

Asparagus is scrummy. I love it when its not too mushy and then rolled in a bit of oil with some iodised salt, garlic and lemon juice.

Pea and ham soup…. yum… anyone Jewish can do pea and lamb… anyone vegitarian can do pea and ………….well…other vegies!

a nice soup is cauliflower and cashew soup… you steam these then stick them in the blender, then make this ‘mash’ into soup - yum.

and pumpkin soup with corriander …. yum.

and clearly I like soup :-)

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