On Jun 16, 7:57 pm, sf wrote:
> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:38:59 -0400, "Nancy Young" >
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> ><sf> wrote
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> >> On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 15:24:52 -0400, Christine Dabney
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> >>>Christine, advocate of eating seasonally
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> >> What's the name of that thing we found that resembles an artichoke? I
> >> had no idea what I was looking at until you told me.... then I saw it
> >> growing wild in England and took a picture of it. Will find it later
> >> to post or send.
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> >Cardoon?
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> Yes and she mentioned your name.... what on earth do you do with a
> cardoon?
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I have a great cookbook called "The Thistle Eater's Guide". According
to it, the top newer stems are peeled, sliced, and then cooked. I've
never had them, but the flavor is suppossed to be like 'chokes.