Try a new food: Sunchokes
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It's been a while since a new food post, but I recently tried a food that was brand new to me: Sunchokes.
Have you heard of this vegetable? I had never, but then I discovered that it's simply another name for the Jerusalem artichoke. I'd never actually seen or eaten one of those, either, but had always assumed it looked more like, well, an artichoke (click to learn all about that "new food" dare here).
Intrigued, I gathered the details on this native North American tuber:
Jerusalem artichokes, or sunchokes, come from a plant that looks a lot like their relative, the sunflower. What I found, though, looked nothing like a sunflower. It's the tuber beneath it that looks like a knobby, rough, light brown rock. It looked sort of like ginger, but I honestly questioned whether it was even edible.
Peeled, cut, and cooked, it wasn&…
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It's been a while since a new food post, but I recently tried a food that was brand new to me: Sunchokes.
Have you heard of this vegetable? I had never, but then I discovered that it's simply another name for the Jerusalem artichoke. I'd never actually seen or eaten one of those, either, but had always assumed it looked more like, well, an artichoke (click to learn all about that "new food" dare here).
Intrigued, I gathered the details on this native North American tuber:
Jerusalem artichokes, or sunchokes, come from a plant that looks a lot like their relative, the sunflower. What I found, though, looked nothing like a sunflower. It's the tuber beneath it that looks like a knobby, rough, light brown rock. It looked sort of like ginger, but I honestly questioned whether it was even edible.
Peeled, cut, and cooked, it wasn&…