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>>>Pandora wrote:
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>>>>>It is a radish. It is very good and pretty sweet. We fry it and eat
>>>>>with eggs for example.
>>>>>Here is the photo of topinambur
>>>>>http://images.google.com/images?q=to...rca+con+Google
>>>>>Have you got this plant in America?
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>>>Yes. They came from America originally.
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>>>It's called "Jerusalem Artichoke." The name is probably a corruption of
>>>the Italian word "girasole," so named because of the big flowers that
>>>appear to follow the sun, like a sunflower (to which they are related).
>>>Also called "sunchoke."
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>> Ohhh! "Carciofo di Gerusalemme"!!!! But if they come from America, why do
>> you call them"Jerusalem..."?
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> Jerusalem is a corruption of girasole.
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>> It's funny! Thank you Bob!
>> And do you like it? How do you eat it?
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> Like potatoes. Mashed, fried as chips. Raw in salads.

When you make them like mashed potatoes, how do you do? Do you boil them
before?
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