I am slicing the Jerusalem artichokes (sunchokes) thin readying them for drying on my drying rack at one of my Lenape demonstrations.

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Sunchokes (Jerusalem artichokes) baked in their skins in embers become very similar to a potato baked with a mild taste of artichoke hearts.

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The hakialaipën (Indian potato or Jerusalem artichoke) are used similar to the white potato but unlike potatoes the tubers store their carbohydrate as inulin and not starch.

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Known today as the Jerusalem artichoke, even though there is no relationship of this plant with Jerusalem nor is it a type of artichoke, this native plant is also called a sunroot, sunchoke, earth apple and by the Lenape hakialaipen.

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The receipt (recipe) To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots is a confection prepared with beets, sugar, butter of egg yolks, flour, cinnamon, orange flower water and lemon juice and dried in an oven. Pictured it is ready for the table garnished with gilded almond comfits.

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After the mixture of mashed beets, sugar, butter of the Yolks of hard Eggs, flour, cinnamon, orange flower water and lemon juice have been reduced to a paste for the receipt (recipe) To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots, make them into Cakes.  The cakes are on a tin baking sheet lined with paper ready to dry in an Oven.

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In the everted rim sauce pan on my brazier, the mixture of beets, sugar, butter of yolks, flour, cinnamon, orange flower water and lemon juice for the receipt (recipe) To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots is reduc’d to a paste.

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The receipt (recipe) To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots started with the mashing of the boiled beets in a large mortar and pestle and each ingredient was mixed in the mortar until the step to add some Orange-Flower water, and a little Lemon Juice. The capacity of my mortar and pestle had been met and the next step required using my brazier. I transferred the mixture to my reproduction everted rim sauce pan.

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After a little flour has been added to the beets, sugar, and butter of yolks in the mortar for the receipt (recipe) To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots, some spice finely beaten was the next ingredient. My choice was Ceylon cinnamon  prepared in a brass mortar and pestle.

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After the butter of yolks has been added to the mortar and mixed with the beets and fine sugar for the receipt (recipe)  To make Crimson Biscuit of Red Beet-Roots, a little flower (flour) is the next ingredient.

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