sca-cooks no potatoes!!!

[linneah at erols.com]

> Due to a mail problem I missed the original posting about potatoes and I was
> just wondering how period are Jerusalem Artochokes (like pototoes) are. Now
> mind you I am new to this so this could be something that everyone knows but
> me.  I think they could be period in the 15th century based on what I know
> about what the Jesuits that settled here where I live ate..am I right?
> Liverpool Public Library - Liverpool NY - http://www.lpl.org/

The Jerusalem Artichoke is actually the root of a Sunflower and native to North 
America, if my rememberance of articles is correct.

Linneah