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Buried treasure

You’d think that the name says it all: a Jerusalem artichoke must mean an artichoke from Jerusalem, but sadly this is not the case: it is not an artichoke, and it doesn’t come from Jerusalem. What is it then? Well, it is a tuber, not unlike the madumbe, but with the subtle flavour of an artichoke.

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