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Title:How to Make them Goodies
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Created:Tue Feb 18 1986
Last Modified:Thu Jun 05 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:4127
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1175.0. "Jerusalem artichokes" by DPDMAI::RESENDEP (following the yellow brick road...) Wed May 25 1988 13:01

    Ten years ago I used to frequent a restaurant in Charlotte, N.C.
    which has since burned down.  That restaurant had a dish that I
    loved, and I *always* ordered it when we went there.  Since I can't
    get it anymore, I wondered if anyone could give me an idea of how
    to duplicate it at home.
    
    The name of the dish was Veal Jerusalem, and it was veal sauteed in
    (garlic??) butter with jerusalem artichokes and some sort of cream
    sauce.  I've been seeing jerusalem artichokes in the grocery store
    lately, and it started me thinking about that wonderful dish. 
    
    Has anyone had anything similar?  Any recipes out there?  Any other
    ideas on how to use jerusalem artichokes?
    
    							Pat
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1175.9Stir-fry: Jerusalem Artichokes and AsparagusGUIDO::RAVANThu Mar 06 1986 14:0512
    By way of playing with our new wok, I tried an experiment over lunch.
    Using peanut and sesame oil, I stir-fried a few chopped scallions,
    added some thinly-sliced Jerusalem artichokes and fresh asparagus,
    and seasoned it all with a little soy sauce. The result was very
    tasty - both sunchokes and asparagus still crisp, and the flavors
    complementary. I expect that the usual variations with garlic and/or
    mushrooms, chicken, etc. would also work. (It'll be fun trying them
    out, anyway!)
    
    -b
    
    [Keywords STIR_FRY and VEGETABLE]
1175.1Use your imagination...SLTERO::KENAHMy journey begins with my first stepWed May 25 1988 13:214
    A friend of mine substitutes Jerusalem artichokes for pignolis
    (pine nuts) in his pesto recipe.  His version is quite good.
                
    					andrew
1175.2PARROT::GALVINAnother Grey AreaWed May 25 1988 13:329
    My aunt used to make something called Chicken Jerusalem.  I could
    never understand the name, because she used regular artichoke hearts,
    not Jerusalem artichokes.  The sauce sounds similar though.  I think
    I have the recipe for Chicken Jerusalem somewhere at home.  I'll
    see if I can dig it up.  If you substitute veal for the chicken
    and Jerusalem artichokes for the artichoke hearts, it may be what
    you're looking for.
    
    Susie
1175.3Eat them raw!BMT::ZARRWed May 25 1988 14:432
    I use Jerusalem Artichokes a lot.  But, I ususally just chop them
    up raw and put them in salad.  Their nice and crunchy.
1175.4J'slem 'Chokes: possible stir fry ?BMT::MISRAHITime flies like an arrow...Tue Jul 12 1988 07:3712
1) RAW - peeled, in slices - tastes nutty and crispy, similar, but different 
		to water chesnuts.

2) BOILED - peeled, whole - sprinkle lemon juice on them.



Jersusalem Artitokes;

nothing to do with Jerusalem, nothing to do with artichokes.

/Jeff
1175.5Very good stir fry.16BITS::AITELEvery little breeze....Wed Jul 13 1988 11:536
    Fine in stir fry - they stay somewhat crispy, almost as crisp
    as waterchestnuts stay.  Delicious flavor - don't overspice the
    dish.  They'd be delicious in something like Lemon Chicken.
    Be wasted in a heavy soy sauced dish.

    --Louise
1175.6A help for diabetics?ISTG::COOPERMANTue Oct 25 1988 14:075
    Not only are they tasty and versatile, but I seem to remember reading
    somewhere in the "alternative" press that they are a good food for
    diabetics.
    
    No substantiated medical claim here.
1175.7Jerusalem Artichoke PastaHOONOO::PESENTIJPWed Oct 26 1988 06:556
Jerusalem artichokes can be ground into a low carbohydrate flour.  This flour 
is used to produce low carbo spaghetti, which can be eaten by hypoglycemics 
(low blood sugar) without the side effects that normal spaghetti induces.

						     
							- JP
1175.8DSSDEV::RUSTWed Mar 10 1993 09:3715
    A day or two ago I harvested another bunch of Jerusalem artichokes -
    from beneath a foot and a half of snow. (There's something to be said
    for those hardy, native root crops!) Cleaned and trimmed them, and
    oven-roasted them along with some lamb - made an exceedingly tasty
    dish, too. [The only problem is that I like them so much I tend to eat
    quite a lot of them, and they _do_ have this less-than-wonderful side
    effect on some people; I think I shall have to stock up on Beano. ;-)]
    
    I've found a number of recipes calling for Jerusalem artichokes, most
    having to do with lamb (and it is a wonderful combination). It still
    strikes me as odd, though, that I'd never heard of the things until the
    last few years - and the Victory Garden cookbook is the only cookbook
    I've seen to devote more than a short paragraph to them...
    
    -b