ahh, the sunchoke. long regarded by maggie and i as an excellent root vegetable, to be bought on rare occasions in small amounts when it was available at our local co-op (by "local" i mean a 45-minute drive away, the nearest co-op since Whole Foods bought out the one in Portland). but this year, i bought a pound of waldspinel (austrian-german for "gem of the woods") sunchokes at the fedco tree sale.
so far, they've proven to be the best and most rewarding thing to come out of our garden. i've only harvested a handful, for one meal, but it was so satifsfying to dig into the soil and pluck out these juicy red beauties.
cooking note: we harvested these really as early as you should - they were quite delicate and got too soft with very little cooking (we roasted 'em). really, we should let them overwinter underground, but we won't be here once the ground unfreezes, so we have to get 'em while we can. when they're young, seems best to 'eat 'em raw.
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