SC - artichokes

[Sue Clemenger]

Uhh, actually, IIRC, "jerusalem chokes" are sort of a tuberous root of a
plant related to sunflowers, and not the leafy green things more
commonly seen in stores here, although I think I've seen jerusalem
artichokes for sale in local organic food stores.
- --Maire

Stefan li Rous wrote:
 
> There do appear to be at least two types of artichokes. One is
> European and one is American. From this, I imagine what I see in
> the vegetable counters here in the US is the "Jerusalem artichoke",
> right?
> 
> How would I identify in the store which is which? I've become a little
> bit less sure of the labels I see in the grocery stores from some of
> the comments I've seen on this list. Has anyone here tried both of
> these? Perhaps using the same recipe? Master Cariadoc? If so, how much
> differance is there between them? If all I can find is the American
> version, how different will that be from using the European version?