[Sca-cooks] Mystery Vegetable

[Sue Clemenger]

Uhm...Jerusalem artichoke, maybe? IIRC, it kinda has a texture
reminiscent of water chestnuts....
And where do you live? Your farmers' market sounds _amazing_.  (ours is
closed for the season, darn it all.)
--Maire

Christina Nevin wrote:
>

> At the Farmers' Market on Saturday I bought a mystery vegetable - it's
> white, about finger length and width, and looks like lots of little bulbs
> squashed onto each other. It breaks crisply, like a bulb or yam, and is
> translucent and wet inside. It has a delicate, vaguely nutty taste raw.
>
> The guy at the stall said he thought it might be Japanese artichoke. Never
> heard of it myself, and my Eastern foods encyclopedia had nothing similar.
>
> So, does anyone know what it is? And how do you cook it?
>
> Other than that, I had real fun at the market, got some wonderful French
> verjus and truffle oil, some pied bleus, chantarelle & black trumpet
> mushrooms. And some wild boar pancetta which should be interesting.
>
> Ciao
> Lucrezia
>