Edible Plants : Jerusalem artichoke

Learn about foraging for wild edible plants and how to identify and use Jerusalem artichoke ("Helianthus tuberosus") tubers.

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Education

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• eating
• weeds
• edible
• Plants
• wild
• food
• plants
• foraging
• Jerusalem
• artichoke
• cooking
• Blanche
• Derby
• survival
• permaculture
• bushcraft

[grandaddynative]

The best time is Oct-Nov? The sweet months sound the best to me. Wouldn't they be bigger as well maybe? ....oh yeah, whats up with the way you say can't? Sounds more like another word...a dirty dirty word. Kewl vid, i'm gonna find some and feed them to a pesky neighbor so he'll fart all night ;)

[thederb720]

@grandaddynative

You can pick the tubers either in the fall or spring. They're definitely sweeter in the spring and less likely to cause excess gas...

Guess I can't (cahn't) hide my Boston (MA) accent!

[CuteCatFaith]

Uprated and shared. I made a dish of these today in France (I am American) and it's here as a VR. Thank you!

[thederb720]

@CuteCatFaith

Thanks for sharing your culinary adventures with me! I'm glad to see that Jerusalem artichokes are becoming international! They are commonplace here in Massachusetts --and perhaps in France too (I stumbled across a video-- in French-- that called them invasive & showed someone removing them from a river.) I don't plan on leaving the States anytime soon, but thanks for the cookbook suggestions. I too have found Reader's Digest's plant books to be of high quality.

[TheLetlove]

thanks for sharing your good experience but please MA what is artichoke

[thederb720]

@TheLetlove Artichoke is a plant that grows in California & in Mediterranean countries. The edible part is Its unopened flowerhead which consists of the" heart" located inside of it and the fleshy bases of the leaf bracts.

Jerusalem Artichoke is a completely different plant-- and the one I featured in this video. Unfortunately this plant's common name is misleading--it's NOT an artichoke & it's NOT from Jerusalem! (This plant is native to the U.S.)

Hope this helps ...

[CuteCatFaith]

@thederb720 Yeah, I find the Reader's Digest cookbook I have very good! It takes you back to basics and explains EVERYTHING. I think topinambours were imported to Europe long ago. Along with tomatoes and corn. xo

[KawaiiKemonomimi]

@gabriellesunheart livestrong(dot) com - Floridata warns that unripe papaya is toxic and must be cooked before consumption.

[gabriellesunheart]

@KawaiiKemonomimi Your wrong. Totally wrong.