On Sunday, April 19, 2015 at 11:01:52 AM UTC-5, sf wrote:
> On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 09:45:06 -0600, Janet B >
> wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 19 Apr 2015 08:09:41 -0700, sf > wrote:
> >
> > >Last night's dinner was corned beef with all the fixings. I hate
> > >boiled vegetables, so I roasted mine. I forgot I didn't have potatoes,
> > >so that meant I didn't tell hubby to pick some up for me when he was
> > >out on his walk. Enter sunchokes (aka Jerusalem artichokes), which
> > >make an excellent potato substitute.
>
I don't really like them much, but I grow them and eat them for their
prebiotic effects.
> > >
> > >Fast forward to this morning - time for corned beef hash! Hubby is the
> > >breakfast cook. I told him not to use the cabbage, because I don't
> > >like it in hash - so he used everything else and it was terrific! I
> > >wanted two eggs (heavy on the pepper) this morning because I was
> > >hungry. You can barely see the hash hiding underneath them, but it's
> > >there.
> > >
> > >http://oi57.tinypic.com/k38vmx.jpg
> >
> > that's my kind of breakfast! I've never seen chokes for sale at my
> > supermarkets. Or are you growing your own?
>
> They do grow here, but I bought mine at Whole Foods. I don't grow
> them myself because they're invasive if they aren't contained and I
> have my hands full enough beating back the calla lily population.
>
The sunchokes are no match for my Deere.
p2.la-img.com/1265/29225/11285155_1_l.jpg

They mow down very easily.
>
> sf

--Bryan