American Artichokes a.k.a. Jerusalem artichokes

Highly recommended for diabetes.
and tasty. very easy to grow too. but tall and invasive.

Are they sometimes called sunchoke? Or is that yet another type of
veggie ...

Susan wrote:

Sunchokes and Jerusalem artichokes are the same thing.

Thanks! I see them in stores regularly and have them on rare occasions.
When it comes to veggies in the store there are some I have regularly.
Others I try to follow a simple pattern - If I can't recall ever trying
a type I get it this week and try it. It's it's been over a year since
I tried a type I get it this week. Except the couple of types I flat
out dislike.

Last time I have a sunchoke was over a year ago. I'll keep my eyes open
for them at the store.

Both make you flatulent to a degree that is almost hard to believe, too.

Such little root veggies? Okay.

For me it seems like the amount of gas directly depends on my total carb
count in the previous couple of days. I have no idea if this means I
tend to have a consistant ratio of fiber to digestible carbs or what.
I'm farting today because yesterday's breakfast was too carby.

This weekend the store had giant pork loins on sale for a dollar a
pound. It included the chine bone but at that price I didn't mind some
extra bone. My wife put the chine bone in the slow cooker and made
soup. The soup was dinner last night. Reduced broth, the meat from the
bones, a little onion and carrot, more celery than either. Fresh herbs
from the herb boxes in the garden. Leftover roast pork loin from
Saturday's dinner was included in the Sunday soup.

Billy wrote:
Susan wrote:

Both make you flatulent to a degree that is almost hard to believe, too.

Great, a new ice breaker, or a conversational ploy ;O)

Beans, beans, the magical fruit.
The more you eat, the more you toot.

Walter Bushell wrote:

For variety you could drink absinth.

I saw this in stores recently. I bought one of the little sample size
bottles. I have not opened it. For all I know it will remain on the
shelf as decor from here on - A beer so two a week is plenty for me
these days.

I don't know the difference that makes absinth legal now. it must be
milder than the illegal stuff was.

In article ,
Doug Freyburger wrote:

Walter Bushell wrote:

For variety you could drink absinth.

I saw this in stores recently. I bought one of the little sample size
bottles. I have not opened it. For all I know it will remain on the
shelf as decor from here on - A beer so two a week is plenty for me
these days.

I don't know the difference that makes absinth legal now. it must be
milder than the illegal stuff was.

Absinthe has been portrayed as a dangerously addictive psychoactive
drug.[7] The chemical thujone, present in small quantities, was singled
out and blamed for its alleged harmful effects. By 1915, absinthe had
been banned in the United States and in most European countries except
the United Kingdom, Sweden, Spain, Portugal, Denmark and the
Austro-Hungarian Empire. Although absinthe was vilified, no evidence has
shown it to be any more dangerous than ordinary spirits. Its
psychoactive properties, apart from those of alcohol, have been much
exaggerated.[7]
A revival of absinthe began in the 1990s, when countries in the European
Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of February
2008, nearly 200 brands of absinthe were being produced in a dozen
countries, most notably in France, Switzerland, Spain, and the Czech
Republic.[8] Commercial distillation of absinthe in the United States
resumed in 2007.[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe
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Wildbilly wrote:

A revival of absinthe began in the 1990s, when countries in the European
Union began to reauthorize its manufacture and sale. As of February
2008, nearly 200 brands of absinthe were being produced in a dozen
countries, most notably in France, Switzerland, Spain, and the Czech
Republic.[8] Commercial distillation of absinthe in the United States
resumed in 2007.[9]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absinthe

The tradiational serving is through a cube of sugar. Is the stuff
drinkable without sugar? Mine looks cool on the shelf and is likely to
stay there. I'm not convinced it will be nicer to drink than to use as
decor ...