Omelet wrote:
> In article >, "Jean B." >
> wrote:
>
>> Omelet wrote:
>>> Try this link:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon
>>>
>>> :-)
>>>
>>> I've actually gone around in the spring and gathered local immature
>>> thistle heads to try, but never worked up the nerve to try them. I may
>>> this spring... Texas is rich in local edible plants for foraging.
>> Hmmm. I wonder whether I can eat the thistles here. That would
>> be a good way to motivate myself to get rid of them.
>
> <laughs> I actually enjoy them. I think they are pretty!

yeah, well... In their place... And the neighbors here probably
don't see it that way. I'd muse about whether I will miss them,
but then if I put out thistle seed, they will probably spring up.
Hmmm.

Sheldon: what do the deer think of thistle?

--
Jean B.

All truth passes through three stages.
First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently
opposed. Third, it is accepted as being
self-evident. --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860)