Jerusalem artichoke flower

From the Latin name Helianthus tuberosus you can immediately deduce 2 useful properties.
1. She is related to the sunflower (Helianthus annuus), she can grow just as high (over 2 meters high) and depending on the variety and the conditions she can produce sunflower-like yellow flowers.
2. The word 'tuberosus' in the Latin name means that it forms tubers. And that's what Jerusalem artichokes are all about; you eat the tubers, you can boil them, bake them, fry them, stew them, you name it.
Jerusalem artichokes (the tubers) have a nice, soft taste, they are sometimes called a bit nutty.
There is one important point that you should take into account when eating Jerusalem artichokes, she is very healthy and she is attributed a prebiotic effect, but that also means that she can have some effect on the intestines. Most people have no problems with it, but in some people it induces a little to a lot of gas, some people even get diarrhea from it.
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