{"id":60419,"date":"2021-11-14T07:31:03","date_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60419"},"modified":"2021-11-14T07:31:03","modified_gmt":"2021-11-14T12:31:03","slug":"sunchokes-the-ultimate-prepper-survival-food","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=60419","title":{"rendered":"Sunchokes: The Ultimate Prepper Survival Food"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post__featured\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-thumbnail-sunchokes3-820x461.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"820\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/youtube-thumbnail-sunchokes3-820x461.jpg\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"post__header post-header post-header--layout--classic\">\n<h3 class=\"post-header__title\">Sunchokes: The Ultimate Prepper Survival Food<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post__content typography \">\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"_ytid_19731\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RbbSAmJhphA?enablejsapi=1&amp;autoplay=0&amp;cc_load_policy=0&amp;cc_lang_pref=&amp;iv_load_policy=1&amp;loop=0&amp;modestbranding=0&amp;rel=1&amp;fs=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autohide=2&amp;theme=dark&amp;color=red&amp;controls=1&amp;\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-origwidth=\"640\" data-origheight=\"360\" data-no-lazy=\"1\" data-skipgform_ajax_framebjll=\"\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><strong><i>\u201cKeep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the shadow.\u00a0 It\u2019s what sunflowers do.\u201d\u2014 Helen Keller.<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4131 alignleft lazyloaded\" src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-300x225.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-820x615.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-347x260.jpg 347w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-50x38.jpg 50w\" alt=\"SunChokes\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-820x615.jpg 820w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-347x260.jpg 347w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-80x60.jpg 80w, https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-50x38.jpg 50w\" data-src=\"https:\/\/ik.imagekit.io\/cityprepping\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/IMG_0329-300x225.jpg\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>The sunflower should be the symbol of preppers and survivors, and it\u2019s the unsung hero that every prepper should grow, know how to recognize in the wild, and use.\u00a0 Helianthus comprises about 70 species of annual and perennial flowering plants in the daisy family Asteraceae. Except for three South American species, the species of Helianthus are native to North America and Central America, but they now grow around the world.<\/p>\n<p>In this blog, we will take a look at Helianthus tuberosus.\u00a0 Its common names are sunroot, wild sunflower, earth apple, Canadian truffle, and Jerusalem artichoke.\u00a0 The tuber of this plant can commonly be found in some grocery stores, and it is sometimes referred to as a fartichoke.\u00a0 The taste is similar to that of artichoke hearts, but it derives this slang name because of its high amounts of inulin.\u00a0 When the tubers are stored for an extended period, this inulin will convert to its component fructose. Still, inulin is only digestible by gut bacteria, hence the gas that it sometimes causes.<\/p>\n<p>I will show you how to grow, harvest, and cook the sunchoke to reduce the gassy effect.\u00a0 I will also freeze-dry some and make it into pasta.\u00a0 Let\u2019s explore this ultimate of prepper plants.<\/p>\n<p><b>GROWING\u00a0 &amp; HARVESTING<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The first thing to know about this plant is that it grows wild in almost any soil.\u00a0 Colonists first brought it and other sunflowers back to Europe, and it now extends around the world.\u00a0 Its tuber roots are prolific, and it will take over whatever garden plot you put it in to start.\u00a0 One planted acre will yield almost 9 tons of tubers&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>\u2026click on the above link to read the rest of the article\u2026<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sunchokes: The Ultimate Prepper Survival Food \u201cKeep your face to the sunshine, and you cannot see the shadow.\u00a0 It\u2019s what sunflowers do.\u201d\u2014 Helen Keller. The sunflower should be the symbol of preppers and survivors, and it\u2019s the unsung hero that every prepper should grow, know how to recognize in the wild, and use.\u00a0 Helianthus comprises [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[30957,1912,346,648,650,32142],"class_list":["post-60419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-survival-2","tag-city-prepping","tag-food-production","tag-gardening","tag-preparations","tag-prepping","tag-sunchokes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60419"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60420,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60419\/revisions\/60420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}