"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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Jerusalem artichokes:

John Seymour's solution is to let them flower and seed, then shoot the
pheasants which are attracted. I haven't had a gun for decades, but it
seems sound to me. The vegetable itself leaves me cold.

I love them, especially baked dry in their skins.

MMmmmmmm

Mary



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Never tried this with salsify, but I cook jerusalem artichokes in their
skins, cut them in half and scoop out the flesh using a teaspoon.

If you've cooked a jerusalem artichoke, eat the skin too! ;-)

John Seymour's solution is to let them flower and seed, then shoot the
pheasants which are attracted. I haven't had a gun for decades, but it
seems sound to me. The vegetable itself leaves me cold.

Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes,

That would seem more likely :-)
Do pheasants like thistle seed?

if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.


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In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
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from (Mike Lyle) contains these words:
Tim Tyler wrote in message
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote or quoted:

Never tried this with salsify, but I cook jerusalem artichokes in their
skins, cut them in half and scoop out the flesh using a teaspoon.

If you've cooked a jerusalem artichoke, eat the skin too! ;-)

John Seymour's solution is to let them flower and seed, then shoot the
pheasants which are attracted. I haven't had a gun for decades, but it
seems sound to me. The vegetable itself leaves me cold.

Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes,

That would seem more likely :-)
Do pheasants like thistle seed?

if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
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from (Mike Lyle) contains these words:
Tim Tyler wrote in message
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote or quoted:

Never tried this with salsify, but I cook jerusalem artichokes in their
skins, cut them in half and scoop out the flesh using a teaspoon.

If you've cooked a jerusalem artichoke, eat the skin too! ;-)

John Seymour's solution is to let them flower and seed, then shoot the
pheasants which are attracted. I haven't had a gun for decades, but it
seems sound to me. The vegetable itself leaves me cold.

Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes,

That would seem more likely :-)
Do pheasants like thistle seed?

if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

In article , Jaques d'Alltrades
writes
The message
from (Mike Lyle) contains these words:
Tim Tyler wrote in message
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Jaques d'Alltrades wrote or quoted:

Never tried this with salsify, but I cook jerusalem artichokes in their
skins, cut them in half and scoop out the flesh using a teaspoon.

If you've cooked a jerusalem artichoke, eat the skin too! ;-)

John Seymour's solution is to let them flower and seed, then shoot the
pheasants which are attracted. I haven't had a gun for decades, but it
seems sound to me. The vegetable itself leaves me cold.

Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes,

That would seem more likely :-)
Do pheasants like thistle seed?

if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.


--
Kay Easton

Edward's earthworm page:
http://www.scarboro.demon.co.uk/edward/index.htm

"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message


Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

Of course it does!

You get a beautiful show of sunflowers!

Mary

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes, if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.

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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

Ours did in 2002 ... I have pictures of both but only because they were so
beautiful.

I didn't know it was unusual.

Mary

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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

Ours did in 2002 ... I have pictures of both but only because they were so
beautiful.

Picture of Jerusalem artichoke in flower:

http://entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/...sp?flowerID=68
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"Jaques d'Alltrades" wrote in message


Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

Of course it does!

You get a beautiful show of sunflowers!

Mary

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes, if so, I would agree wholeheartedly with John Seymour.

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"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

Ours did in 2002 ... I have pictures of both but only because they were so
beautiful.

I didn't know it was unusual.

Mary

Mary Fisher wrote or quoted:

"Kay Easton" wrote in message
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Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

Ours did in 2002 ... I have pictures of both but only because they were so
beautiful.

Picture of Jerusalem artichoke in flower:

http://entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/...sp?flowerID=68
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Picture of Jerusalem artichoke in flower:

http://entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/...sp?flowerID=68

I think we are talking about a different species.

What's in the picture is nothing like the artichokes I have grown for
more than fifty years, on and off.

For a start, mine have much larger leaves and grow to a height of about
ten feet.

Remind me next year and I'll post a picture of them.

BUT: I have recently got some artichokes which are very different in
form: they are a lot smaller and aren't all knobbly and lumpy, they
resemble big grubs, and promise to be much easier to prepare, so I shall
be planting some of those next season.

I wonder whether these relate to the pics you posted?

Different countries tend to call plants by other names: for instance, in
France the mushroom we would call a chanterelle is called a girolle. The
mushroom they call a chanterelle is Cantharellus infundibuloformis, a
near relative, and for which I don't know a common name.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the French might be right on this one.

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from Kay Easton contains these words:

Jerusalem artichoke neither flowers nor seeds.

I think you what you mean is that it does do both, but not in the UK ;-)
It will flower in the UK in a very good summer, but I'm not aware of it
maturing seed in the UK.

Not according to a book I read - can't remember which. It said that they
reproduced entirely vegetatively. I've grown them for years, and never
seen flowers on artichokes - not even last year, when they grew quite as
high as an heffalump's eye and I watered them all the year too.

(And we had artichokes in the garden from - um - 1944.)

You must be thinking of
globe artichokes,

That would seem more likely :-)
Do pheasants like thistle seed?

I don't know, but they eat seeds of many sorts: they're omnivorous like
chickens. globe artichoke seeds are a bit bigger than ordinary thistle
seeds too.

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from Tim Tyler contains these words:

Picture of Jerusalem artichoke in flower:

http://entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/...sp?flowerID=68

I think we are talking about a different species.

What's in the picture is nothing like the artichokes I have grown for
more than fifty years, on and off.

For a start, mine have much larger leaves and grow to a height of about
ten feet.

Remind me next year and I'll post a picture of them.

BUT: I have recently got some artichokes which are very different in
form: they are a lot smaller and aren't all knobbly and lumpy, they
resemble big grubs, and promise to be much easier to prepare, so I shall
be planting some of those next season.

I wonder whether these relate to the pics you posted?

Different countries tend to call plants by other names: for instance, in
France the mushroom we would call a chanterelle is called a girolle. The
mushroom they call a chanterelle is Cantharellus infundibuloformis, a
near relative, and for which I don't know a common name.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the French might be right on this one.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/

The message
from Tim Tyler contains these words:

Picture of Jerusalem artichoke in flower:

http://entm29.entm.purdue.edu/acorn/...sp?flowerID=68

I think we are talking about a different species.

What's in the picture is nothing like the artichokes I have grown for
more than fifty years, on and off.

For a start, mine have much larger leaves and grow to a height of about
ten feet.

Remind me next year and I'll post a picture of them.

BUT: I have recently got some artichokes which are very different in
form: they are a lot smaller and aren't all knobbly and lumpy, they
resemble big grubs, and promise to be much easier to prepare, so I shall
be planting some of those next season.

I wonder whether these relate to the pics you posted?

Different countries tend to call plants by other names: for instance, in
France the mushroom we would call a chanterelle is called a girolle. The
mushroom they call a chanterelle is Cantharellus infundibuloformis, a
near relative, and for which I don't know a common name.

I have a sneaking suspicion that the French might be right on this one.

--
Rusty
Open the creaking gate to make a horrid.squeak, then lower the foobar.
http://www.users.zetnet.co.uk/hi-fi/