[Sca-cooks] jerusalem artichoke was potatoes in Europe in 1567

[Johnna Holloway]

It's native to North America.
https://www.hort.purdue.edu/newcrop/afcm/jerusart.html

Johnnae

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> On Mar 15, 2014, at 2:08 AM, "olwentheodd at yahoo.com" <olwentheodd at yahoo.com> wrote:
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> When i was cooking in denmark one woman i had the pleasure of working with several times had told me that jeruselem artichocks went back to thd middle ages and folks generally used those as ' like ' potatos. They are still widely used instead of  potatos.
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