What IS Ken doing? Why is he rolling a barrel around the yard? It may look strange, but this is a low tech, low water usage way to rinse the roots he is digging that were over wintered in the field. We got a couple calls last week, "How soon will you have parsnips?" And have them we do! The flavor and sweetness improves over winter, and we love having fresh dug roots in the spring.
In addition to parsnips there are sunchokes - a tuber related to sunflowers that is high in inulin, a cousin to insulin. They have a crunchy, slightly nutty flavor and are great raw, quick cooked and pickled. They are a great local substitute for water chestnuts in Asian recipes.
We also have gobo or burdock root - considered a spring cleanse and blood tonifier in Asia. We cut in matchsticks and cook kinpira with carrots. The roots can be cut lengthwise and dried over a pilot light in the oven and combined with chicory, dandelion and other roots in a coffee grinder for a herbal health drink.
There is nothing like roots fresh from the field!
Roots are available for sale.
Call us at (715) 986 - 4322 or email judith@kepperspottery.com
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