"Vilco" ha scritto nel messaggio > flitterbit wrote:
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>> I don't like bitter-tasting things, but have never found chard to be
>> bitter; I wonder if it's a matter of the variety?
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> It chard is what I believe, aka "cardo", it's due to the time they
> harvested> it: season starts around october and chards are bitter, then
> they get always> less bitter as the season proceedes.

Chard is bietole. Cardo is cardoon.