Free, but at a cost
Looking pretty shabby now, but I’m still eating them. Just enough carrots left for Christmas day, with a bit of luck.
I also have BUCKETS of Jerusalem artichokes. Managed to shift some on to another unsuspecting relative, but I’m running out of outlets. The word is out: death by flatulence isn’t attractive, even when I’m giving them away.
Guess even the free things in life can sometimes be too expensive.
See whether you can get a grant to investigate their potential as a biofuel….
December 23rd, 2008 at 7:01 am
surely artichoke soup will freeze?
December 23rd, 2008 at 1:51 pm
Terrific idea, Emma. I wouldn’t dare light a match in the bedroom the night after eating them.
Caz: that’s not daft. I’ll make a huge load some time and freeze it. Unless, of course, you’re volunteering to receive some artichokes yourself?
December 23rd, 2008 at 6:32 pm
We’re still working on our own JAs, eating as well as giving away, otherwise I’d offer to take some off your hands.
Merry Christmas Soilman!
December 25th, 2008 at 11:31 am
It is said that if you cook your artichokes with fennel (especially fennel seeds) the flatulence risk is considerably reduced. It’s worth trying I suppose. I had no Jerusalems this year as they failed to thrive after being left in a bag in somebody’s car for a week before arriving at my plot for planting.
January 1st, 2009 at 11:04 am