Jan 112010

The Jerusalem Artichoke was brought into England back in 1617 and John Franqueville gave two small tubers to John Goodyear. The original name for this tuber was Girasol and then to Girasolem and onto Jerusalem Artichoke, is actually from North America but grew so well that it is said John Goodyear stocked all of Hampshire, [...]
Dec 032009

While I was away last Sunday ‘the apprentice’ took over the kitchen and made this lovely winter garden soup.
Fresh from the garden;
4 carrots
4 small winter radish
2 jerusalem artichokes
1 medium leek
4 bay leaves
1 small celery head
2 ‘Rooster’ potatoes
2 ‘Pink fir apple’ potatoes – both waxy so hold together well in soups.
Olive oil to sweat the vegetables
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Mar 252009










