Help! Jerusalem artichokes?

I received a 400g bag of these in my veg box this week and have never cooked with them before. A quick google brings up loads of soup recipes and warnings about flatulence!   Soup I don't mind......

I know we have some fantastic cooks on here so what is YOUR best Jerusalem artichoke recipe suggestion?

Ask Mrs Robinson. She loves Jerusalem artichokes! 

Hi Courtney -- I think they're best simply roasted in the oven. Clean them up a bit, slice, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.

Sometimes I add some sliced carrots and/or parsnips to the them and roast together.

I made a batch of jerusalem artichokes and carrots a few weeks ago and had some left overs which I added to a leek-based soup and that turned out to be very tasty.

I like them roasted in the oven, kind of like you would with potatoes. Or I think people make soup with them, yum!

Hi Courtney -- I think they're best simply roasted in the oven. Clean them up a bit, slice, season with salt and pepper and drizzle with olive oil.

This.

They're DELICIOUS! We get excited when we get a few in our box as it's only ever once or twice a year.

And about the "fartichokes" (heehee) - they don't affect me at all, but my husband does get a bit of wind. I wouldn't say it's any worse than beans' reputation, though (which don't really affect me either).

Mash them. Delicious!

Ask Mrs Robinson. She loves Jerusalem artichokes! 

LOL!! OMG, does she ever - NOT!

Ask Mrs Robinson. She loves Jerusalem artichokes! 

LOL!! OMG, does she ever - NOT! 

Balmerhon is right, I ***hate*** Jerusalem artichokes more than just about anything else that I've ever eaten.  They are horrible - dead nasty!

Save yourself & feed them to the pigs!  Just as the English planter John Goodver explained in Gerard's Herbal, printed in 1621:

"which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men."

DH tried every way to get me to eat them & I did eat them several times - always to my severe pain & discomfort!  I mean shoot you right out of your chair stabbing pains in my guts.  If it weren't for that, I'd probably eat them to be nice - but I really don't think they taste very nice either.

Rather than starch, they contain a carbohydrate called inulin (not insulin!) that some people find very difficult to digest.  I am definitely one of those people - I'd never eaten anything before in my life that made me feel that wretched (apart from actual food poisoning).

When he did cook them, he usually roasted them like potatoes.  One time, he sliced them very thinly and fried them into Jerusalem artichoke 'crisps'.  I refuse to eat them any more - they are that horrible!

Wow! 

Opinions on both sides of the spectrum lol!

I don't think I will be able to do anything with them till Saturday so I have time to decide.