[Sca-cooks] Jerusalem artichoke

[Nancy Kiel]

One explanation for the name, IIRC, is that it's a corruption of "girasole," 
the Italian word for sunflower.  But there doesn't seem to be any connection 
to the city of Jerusalem.



Nancy Kiel
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Never tease a weasel!
This is very good advice.
For the weasel will not like it
And teasing isn't nice.






>
>On Saturday, July 5, 2003, at 04:25  AM, Ana L. Valdés wrote:
>
>>But what about something called Jerusalem Artichoke (I has been three 
>>times in Jerusalem, am on my way now again) and never saw any in a market 
>>or saw in a menu.
>

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