/oss/taxonomy/term/1182/all en /oss/article/food-health/jerusalem-artichokes <p>"But in my judgement, which way soever they be drest and eaten they stir up and cause a filthie loathsome stinking winde with the bodie, thereby causing the belly to be much pained and tormented, and are more fit for swine than for men." So spoke John Goodyear, a British farmer back in the early 1600s. He was describing the Jerusalem artichoke which had been introduced into Europe by Samuel de Champlain who in turn learned about the vegetable from the Indians. This fascinating tuber is not an artichoke and has nothing to do with Jerusalem.</p> Thu, 15 Aug 2013 23:51:22 +0000 Joe Schwarcz PhD 2002 at /oss