"Gregoire Kretz" wrote in message
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Ophelia wrote:

"Alan Holmes" wrote in message
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Found a lot of Jerusalem artichokes this year and turned to Mrs
Beeton
who says, 'Wash the artichokes and peel them'!

How the hell do you peel such an irregular shaped root?

With a great deal of care and as thinly as possible)

Right.

You're then supposed to make soup - but how? Just boil in salted water
then liquidize?

This one sounds nice:

http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/c...p,1082,RC.html