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Posted by mercury12 Tas Australia (My Page) on Wed, Oct 5, 05 at 18:58
| Has anyone grown these? Or tasted them? I have just read about them in one of my cookbooks...What are they like?
regards
Helen |
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RE: chinese artichoke
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| Never heard of them (but that doesn't mean much). Read that they are crisp white tubers with a nutty flavour. Sound interesting. Maybe they are found under a different name at chinese shops? |
RE: chinese artichoke
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I am growing them
They look like little witchety grubs...white and lumpy like a row of little balls...have not tasted them yet...letting them bulk up a bit...they like moist soil ...they have a plant that looks like a type of mint with grey green textured leaves
cheers
Peter |
RE: chinese artichoke
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| I planted some tubers this winter, no signs of them yet :) |
RE: chinese artichoke
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| Available, in season, at almost every veggie market in France. very popular they are too. Quite a pleasant, nutty flavour, from what I remember. |
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I got my first set at a Chinese grocery shop about 10 years ago. The lady told me that they were used mainly in a medicinal soup (can't remember its virtue) and that they were called "White Jade" and also "Vegetable Maggot", kind of a botanical Yin/Yang thing I suppose.
They are quite popular in France and they are nicely crunchy and nutty.
Rose-Marie |
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