Artichokes
Globe Artichoke Seed:
Artichokes used to be a dish exclusively reserved for royalty and commoners were simply not allowed to eat them. They are perennials that are both water and food-hungry. The plants are frost-hardy and do exceptionally well in areas with cold winters; it is this cold that stimulates the development of flower buds.
Space the plants 50-90cm apart and side dress every spring with a good quality organic fertilizer. To harvest, cut the stem 2-3cm below the unopened flower bud. For an impressive show of stunning, huge, purple blooms, leave a few of the buds to flower, allowing them to dry off on the plant for seed saving.
Jerusalem Artichoke Tubers:
Jerusalem artichoke is an ancient, domesticated plant from central North America. This long-lived, perennial relative of the common sunflower was spread by trade and agriculture by Native Americans throughout North and Central America.
It grows as a tall (2m+) cluster of stems topped with hundreds of small, yellow sunflowers throughout summer. The flower petals are edible, and very pretty in salad, but despite the “artichoke” label, the real vegetable here is not the flowers. It is grown for its incredibly numerous, superficially ginger-like storage tubers.
The roots contain about 2% protein, no oil, and little starch, but are rich in the carbohydrate inulin (8 to 13%), which is a polymer of the monosaccharide fructose. Tubers stored for any length of time convert their inulin into its component fructose. Inulin is not assimilated by the intestines, making it a dietary fiber and prebiotic, so it does not cause a glycaemic spike. In other words, this a low GI “starchy” vegetable!
A word of warning: The process of inulin digestion can cause flatulence in some people, leading to the plant's other common name “fartichokes.”
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