Comments on: Creamy Sunchoke Soup

By: Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener » Cream Those Sunchokes

Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener » Cream Those Sunchokes — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 19:36:58 +0000

[...] has eaten it in a gratin (and although she likes it, it does not like her), Colleen turns it into a creamy sunchocke soup, and Hank pickles it to avoid the noisy side effects (See Note) that sunchokes have on some people. [...]

By: foodietots

foodietots — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:52:29 +0000

@Sylvie I saw them described as weeds when I was looking up the background. Sounds like something I might be able to grow.

By: Sylvie

Sylvie — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 02:16:55 +0000

No problems at all. Many people consider them weeds, given how easy they spread. They are pretty on a wild way – and big, like Joe-Pye-Weed. They are native to our area, so do well here. They are actually so pretty that I know people who grow them just for the flowers (they look like the miniatures sunflowers that they are) and never bother digging the tubers.

Sylvie

By: foodietots

foodietots — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:43:21 +0000

@ Sylvie – No, I can’t say I noticed any this time, but maybe that was just beginners luck. How much trouble were they to grow?

By: Sylvie, Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener

Sylvie, Rappahannock Cook & Kitchen Gardener — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:59:47 +0000

any of the well-publicized side effects? I have not dug mine yet…