Merry Christmas to all our readers

May it bring good cheer and happiness to you and all your loved ones.

Best wishes and love

Mamta, Kavita and Pete

thank you and may I also send Christmas good will to everyone... !

Steve

Merry Christmas to you too Mamta and family! Also to all the other contributors.

Catch up next year! 'Ave a goody!

Cheers

Steve

P.S. Askcy, will let you know how your Hot Spicy Chicken Wings go down.

Thanks for the kind wishes. Mr bah-humbug here will try and have a nice christmas...

Best wishes to everyone, stay safe, and I hope the new year brings you all the best of luck.

Wishing a Merry Christmas to all of you. Rejoice the birth of Lord.

Season's Greetings everyone!

And a thank you to AskCy and Winton for helping out in the forums and zapping spam for us, not to mention pointing our new visitors in the right direction as they navigate the site and search for the right recipe! MUCH appreciated!

"zapping spam" sounds like a terrible microwave meal... ! lol

Steve

I have deleted so many posts from this miserable person (or automated computer), whose girl friend is up to no good! I am getting tired of it, so hope it is banned soon!

Forgot to mention, I went for my first ever Midnight Christmas Mass last night with a neighbour Here husbad is a lay preacher at a local Catholic Church. It was very nice :-).

Mamta

Merry Christmas to all... and to all a good night.

Merry Christmas to all of you.

I have a query: The 'Jerusalem Artichoke' is oddly named, since it is neither an artichoke, nor from Jerusalem. The 'jerusalem' bit was explained to me years ago by my Professor of Historical Linguistics, who said that it was a version of Italian 'girasole' (sunflower: the equivalent of French 'tournesol'). That's plausible, since it is, apparently, a member of the sunflower family.

But what about the 'Artichoke' bit? It neither looks nor tastes like an artichoke (I cooked some recently for the first time: nothing to write home about).

Phil

I'm guessing with plant breeding, changes in soils, weather and conditions that its not impossible that one Jerusalem artichoke might taste different to another (consider the humble tomato and how many different flavours you get from them)...and each persons pallete isn't the same so one person might say chicken and turkey and duck taste the same where another can taste the difference etc...

its is suggested that historically French explorer "Samuel de Champlain" who introduced them into Europe said they tasted like artichoke - http://eattheseasons.co.uk/Archive/jerusalem_artichoke.htm

(just reading on that link suggests they are very good for the bowel as well !!)

similar information here - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem_artichoke

Steve

Thanks, Steve

I can't see the taste simlarity between Jerusalem Artichokes and real artichokes, but I take your point about the subjectivity of tastes (though duck really could never taste like chicken, surely).

I don't suppose there are any Indian dishes which contain these tupinambours (as we call them here in France)?

Phil