Crosne Picked and Processed.(Stachys affinis)

**Durgan** · 11-10-2011, 07:57 PM

10 November 2011 Crosne Picked and Processed.(Stachys affinis) 10 November 2011 Crosne Picked and Processed.(Stachys affinis).
Crosne (Stadchys affinis) were harvested, since the vegetation started to die off.Tubers were as large as they ever get. There were about 12 plants total. The vegetation tends to matt. Digging was done with a fork to left the plant and expose the tubers and plucked off the roots.

The tubers must be used within a few day or they turn yellow due to air exposure. I eat a few fresh, boiled and served with a garnish of butter, then make the remainder into juice by pressure canning.They are sold in supermarkets to an unsuspecting public but are always in poor condition.

Method of preserving: Wash,cover with water, boil until soft about ten minutes, beat into a mash using the hand blender,pour into litre jars, and pressure can at 12 PSI for 15 minutes.

One plant was left in the garden, mulched, and will be used for planting in 2012 in very early Spring.They store well in a pot in garden soil in the garage or shed. They can take a lot of cold.

I tried pickling and storing in the refrigerator, but both methods are not satisfactory.A few were eaten raw. Just another garden vegetable, which takes little care to grow.They make a substitute for a potato.

**daylily** · 11-10-2011, 08:11 PM

Interesting. I've never heard of that. Will have to check it out. does it taste like potato?

**Durgan** · 11-10-2011, 08:19 PM

Originally Posted by daylily

Interesting. I've never heard of that. Will have to check it out. does it taste like potato?

I suppose cooked, it has a potato flavour.I never tried mashing like one would boiled potatoes, but it would certainly have the same texture. I suspect crosne is mostly starch.

**daylily** · 11-11-2011, 03:34 PM

Do you like it? How do you use it?

**Durgan** · 11-11-2011, 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by daylily

Do you like it? How do you use it?

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I juice the crosne. It is that or lose them. I tried pickling and refrigerator , and in water all were unsatisfactory. I drink a glass of crosne instead of baking a potato.

Probably not to everyone's taste, but I am of the opinion that the typical Food Guide diet is slowing killing us, evidenced by the obesity and general ill health of the population as they age.

I decided to experiment and modify my diet addressing the ingesting of necessary nutrients by adopting other methods. Mind you I always paid some attention to what I ingested for food.