Jerusalem Artichoke Relish

[wsmoak]

We dug only _half_ the Jerusalem artichoke plants and ended up with 24 pints of relish!

I don't understand the appeal, but apparently it's a Southern thing.


111017_5779 by wsmoak, on Flickr

-Wendy

 

[thistlebloom]

I've got oodles of JA Wendy, how'd you make your relish?

 

[RidgebackRanch]

We have lots of them too, would love the recipe!

After my first harvest, we tried them raw, fried, baked etc... but couldn't come up with something that was tasty enough to continue. This morning was the first hard frost so I may try my hand at it this weekend.

 

[wsmoak]

Here is the original recipe as transcribed from grandma's recipe cards, and some notes: http://wiki.wsmoak.net/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?JerusalemArtichokeRelish

We also found this one that is very close and helped to fill in the gaps: http://www.knowitall.org/sandlapper/Winter-2003/Completed-PDFS/28-artichoke.pdf

I don't think it's an exact science. (But it is an acquired taste! DH will eat it straight out of the jar.)

-Wendy

 

[RidgebackRanch]

Thanks for the recipe. I will try it but maybe only a half a batch, because you a right it is an aquired taste. We found it best eaten raw, but I think the relish might be good too.

 

[thistlebloom]

Thanks Wendy! The article was illuminating, since before I read your post I had never heard of JA relish. I'll have to give it a whirl.