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The original was posted on /r/tifu by /u/Aggravating-Twist762 on 2025-12-19 01:35:07+00:00.
Last year I planted several Jerusalem artichokes in one of my gardens raised beds.
I read that they are pretty maintenance free and grow tasty tubers that can be eaten raw or cooked. And they were right! No watering, no weeding, no mulching and the bushes got absolutely massive. Like 6’ in diameter and 12’ tall. Also I got lots of pretty sunflowers that smelled nice as well as 10-ish pounds of tubers.
I was going to replant most of them along the green house but decided to eat a few.
For lunch. Sliced thin on a salad: crispy, nutty, lightly sweet. Delicious
For dinner. Oven roasted with shallots, garlic, butter, herbs, salt & pepper: Nutty, lightly sweet, potato like texture. Extra delicious.
Then came the gas. Sooooooo much gas. I have been farting for hours. Loud voluminous farts.
Did some research on Wikipedia (don’t give me that look lady) and found this little tid bit waaaaaay down out the bottom by John Gerard circa 1621
“which way soever they be dressed and eaten, they stir and cause a filthy loathsome stinking wind within the body, thereby causing the belly to be pained and tormented, and are a meat more fit for swine than men”
Next year I think I’ll just admire the flowers.
TL;DR Jerusalem Artichokes are loaded with inulin and will make you extremely gassy