Sunchokes, also known as Jerusalem artichokes, are creamy tuber-like vegetables, much like a potato. You can eat them skin on and thinly shaved, or boil and mash them into a purée. We were at a friend’s house for dinner the other night and they served a beautiful sunchoke soup as a first course, drizzled with truffle oil. It was perfection in a bowl. Maybe I’ll serve the kids sunchoke soup next time as they weren’t excited about eating them raw.
ME: “What’s this thing called, ever seen it before?”
LAUREN: No.”
ME: “What is it Sam?”
SAM: “It looks like a snowball.”
LAUREN: “Yeah, inside.”
ME: “It’s called a sunchoke. What does it look like on the outside?”
LAUREN: “I think it looks like a stem on the outside. And like a banana on the inside. And it looks like it has a bruise.”
ME: “Hmmm.”
ME: “What does it smell like?”
LAUREN: “Potato.”
ME: “Yes- I think it comes out of the ground.”
SAM: “Well my teacher told me that roots come out of the ground.”
LAUREN: “Is it a raw potato?”
ME: “Do you think I’d feed you raw potato?”
LAUREN: [No comment, just a suspicious sideways glance]
ME: “What does it taste like?”
SAM: “Yuck.”
LAUREN: “I think it tastes like banana but it has different ingredients.”
LAUREN: “Can I have more of that yummy cabbage?”
4 comments
