{"id":19451,"date":"2018-10-14T13:52:38","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T11:52:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19451"},"modified":"2019-11-20T16:07:21","modified_gmt":"2019-11-20T15:07:21","slug":"chinese-arrowhead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.edimentals.com\/blog\/?p=19451","title":{"rendered":"Chinese arrowhead: chestnut and artichoke in one vegetable!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nothing like the promised “giant” 5-10 cm tubers, I was nevertheless surprised to get maybe 3 times the yield of what I planted of chinese arrowhead tubers \u2013 Sagittaria trifolia subsp. leucopeta (syn. S. trifolia var. edulis)…a much bigger yield than when I tried North American wapato (Sagittaria latifolia).
\n211018: I finally got round to trying some. I didn’t peel them and didn’t trim away the edible shoots and started steaming them (as I usually cook potatoes).\u00a0 Then halfway through I remembered a post by Alison Tindale (see https:\/\/backyardlarder.co.uk\/2017\/11\/ducks-eat-duck-potatoes<\/a> )\u00a0 where she mentions that they were slightly bitter after boiling,\u00a0 I therefore boiled them (to reduce bitterness for the second half).\u00a0 The verdict: one of the tastiest tubers I’ve ever eaten…the texture is like floury potato, but the taste not unlike chestnuts and yes a slight bitterness of the good sort, adding to the overall taste experience…and to cap it, the shoots taste like artichoke hearts!!
\nI think I will just steam them the next time!
\nI hope I will manage to overwinter them as I really need to grow more next year! I’m trying to overwinter in the cellar (about 3C and dark), on a window sill in a cool room and in my pond about 10 cm deep to protect\u00a0 from the worst frost…maybe also covered with spruce branches!<\/span><\/p>\n