Ever use them? I had never heard of them until the other day when my
husband brought some home.

It looks like celery, but tastes totally different. The interwebs say
they taste like artichokes. Not quite in my opinion.

-Tracy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:15:45 -0800 (PST), Tracy >
wrote:

> Ever use them? I had never heard of them until the other day when my
> husband brought some home.
>
> It looks like celery, but tastes totally different. The interwebs say
> they taste like artichokes. Not quite in my opinion.
>
The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.
http://plantdatabase.co.nz/Cardoon
http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.co...3/cardoon1.jpg
I have no idea what they taste like. I don't know which part of the
plant to eat or how to cook it.

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Tracy wrote:

> Ever use them? I had never heard of them until the other day when my
> husband brought some home.
>
> It looks like celery, but tastes totally different. The interwebs say
> they taste like artichokes. Not quite in my opinion.

This sounds most like how my ex's grandmother made them, except
they said she pounded the stalks.

I loved that fried cardoon.

nancy

On Nov 23, 9:22*pm, sf > wrote:

>
> The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.http://plantdatabase.co.nz/Cardoonht...s/2009/03/card...
> I have no idea what they taste like. *I don't know which part of the
> plant to eat or how to cook it.

Not so fast...LOL

This is the pic I took of cardoons, when you came with me to the
Alemany market several years ago. I told you then, that I was taking a
pic to send to Nancy, cause she loves cardoons.
They look like celery to me..
http://i56.tinypic.com/jjlgyv.jpg

Christine

"Tracy" > ha scritto nel messaggio

> Ever use them? I had never heard of them until the other day when my>
> husband brought some home.
>
> It looks like celery, but tastes totally different. The interwebs say>
> they taste like artichokes. Not quite in my opinion.

They are a cousin to the srtichoke. You eat only the stems, and should boil
them first to get rid of bitterness, then proceed with one of the many
recipes. A typical one is baked with oil, garlic and crumbs, but there are
loads of recipes.

Part of their appeal is probably that they are fresh and edible in
mid-winter when not much else is. They have a lot of fibre, too.

On 11/24/2010 12:22 AM, sf wrote:
> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:15:45 -0800 (PST), >
> wrote:
>
>> Ever use them? I had never heard of them until the other day when my
>> husband brought some home.
>>
>> It looks like celery, but tastes totally different. The interwebs say
>> they taste like artichokes. Not quite in my opinion.
>>
> The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.
> http://plantdatabase.co.nz/Cardoon
> http://www.friendsschoolplantsale.co...3/cardoon1.jpg
> I have no idea what they taste like. I don't know which part of the
> plant to eat or how to cook it.
>


Interesting. This is what I had:

http://www.gourmetsleuth.com/Diction...oons-5628.aspx

-Tracy

On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:27:32 -0800, Christine Dabney
> wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:22:14 -0800, sf > wrote:
>
>
> >The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.
>
> No, they don't. You were with me, when we saw some at the Alemany
> market. They look like celery. I took a picture of them when you
> were with me.
>
You didn't see the entire plant.

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On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:51:51 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:

> On Nov 23, 9:22*pm, sf > wrote:
>
> >
> > The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.http://plantdatabase.co.nz/Cardoonht...s/2009/03/card...
> > I have no idea what they taste like. *I don't know which part of the
> > plant to eat or how to cook it.
>
> Not so fast...LOL
>
> This is the pic I took of cardoons, when you came with me to the
> Alemany market several years ago. I told you then, that I was taking a
> pic to send to Nancy, cause she loves cardoons.
> They look like celery to me..
> http://i56.tinypic.com/jjlgyv.jpg
>
Why do you always feel the need to get into a ****ing contest with me?
I showed you what a cardoon looks like via google images, now I'll
show you what *I* saw in England. http://oi55.tinypic.com/24uvk3d.jpg
They look like artichokes to me.


--

Never trust a dog to watch your food.

On Wed, 24 Nov 2010 09:33:54 -0800, sf > wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:51:51 -0800 (PST), "
> wrote:
>
>> On Nov 23, 9:22*pm, sf > wrote:
>>
>> >
>> > The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.http://plantdatabase.co.nz/Cardoonht...s/2009/03/card...
>> > I have no idea what they taste like. *I don't know which part of the
>> > plant to eat or how to cook it.
>>
>> Not so fast...LOL
>>
>> This is the pic I took of cardoons, when you came with me to the
>> Alemany market several years ago. I told you then, that I was taking a
>> pic to send to Nancy, cause she loves cardoons.
>> They look like celery to me..
>> http://i56.tinypic.com/jjlgyv.jpg
>>
>Why do you always feel the need to get into a ****ing contest with me?
>I showed you what a cardoon looks like via google images, now I'll
>show you what *I* saw in England. http://oi55.tinypic.com/24uvk3d.jpg
>They look like artichokes to me.

Cardoon and artichoke are in the thistle family... the edible portion
of cardoon does look like celery but before it's trimmed it looks like
thistle as does artichoke.

Christine Dabney > wrote:

>On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:22:14 -0800, sf > wrote:

>>The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.

>No, they don't. You were with me, when we saw some at the Alemany
>market. They look like celery. I took a picture of them when you
>were with me.

The ones I've seen definitely look like thistles. There are
people who say the common invasive thistles growing around here
are the same thing as cardoons, but I have not been able to
confirm this.

Steve

> wrote:

>http://i56.tinypic.com/jjlgyv.jpg

I guess those are just the stalks.

If one types "cardoon" into Google Images, about have the photos
look like the above, and the rest are photos of thistles. If you
look closely at some of the thistel photos, the stocks look
somewhat like your photo (though not necessarily exactly).

Steve

In article >,
sf > wrote:

> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:51:51 -0800 (PST), "
> > wrote:

> > This is the pic I took of cardoons, when you came with me to the
> > Alemany market several years ago. I told you then, that I was taking a
> > pic to send to Nancy, cause she loves cardoons.
> > They look like celery to me..
> > http://i56.tinypic.com/jjlgyv.jpg
> >
> Why do you always feel the need to get into a ****ing contest with me?
> I showed you what a cardoon looks like via google images, now I'll
> show you what *I* saw in England. http://oi55.tinypic.com/24uvk3d.jpg
> They look like artichokes to me.

They are both the same species, Cynara cardunculus:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Globe_artichoke

Artichokes have been cultivated for their flower buds, cardoons for
their stems.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

Brooklyn1 <Gravesend1> wrote:

>Cardoon and artichoke are in the thistle family... the edible portion
>of cardoon does look like celery but before it's trimmed it looks like
>thistle as does artichoke.

Fancy Yuppite Restaurants will serve part of the thistle section...
most typically I've seen them sliced longitudinally so that a given
piece of cardoon on your plate has some of the stalk, some of the
(miniscule) cardoon heart, and a pointy leaf or two.

Steve

Omelet wrote:
> In >,
> (Steve Pope) wrote:
>
>> Christine > wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:22:14 -0800, > wrote:
>>
>>>> The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.
>>
>>> No, they don't. You were with me, when we saw some at the Alemany
>>> market. They look like celery. I took a picture of them when you
>>> were with me.
>>
>> The ones I've seen definitely look like thistles. There are
>> people who say the common invasive thistles growing around here
>> are the same thing as cardoons, but I have not been able to
>> confirm this.
>>
>> Steve
>
> I'd planned on trying the common thistle that grows a lot around here in
> the spring, but have not worked up the nerve yet.<g>

I wish I had Euell (s?) Gibbons' books here.

--
Jean B.

In article >,
Omelet > wrote:

> > > On Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:22:14 -0800, sf > wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > >The cardoon plants I've seen *look* like artichokes, Tracy.

> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardoon>
>
> Since I've not been successful in my attempts to grow Artichokes (just
> too hot and dry here), I'm planning to eventually switch my attention to
> these and give them a try...

You might want to do some research first. From the little I've done,
they require the exact same growing conditions, which isn't surprising,
since they are the same species. They do not tolerate hot and dry, or
freezing.

Almost the entire artichoke crop for the US comes from California, from
the coast. And by coast, I mean within sight of the ocean. Cold and
foggy, but never freezing.

--
Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA

On Thu, 25 Nov 2010 12:44:40 -0600, Omelet >
wrote:

> In article >,
> sf > wrote:
>
> > I showed you what a cardoon looks like via google images, now I'll
> > show you what *I* saw in England. http://oi55.tinypic.com/24uvk3d.jpg
> > They look like artichokes to me.
>
> sf, are the heads edible at all?

I think they are, but I've never had the opportunity to try it.

--

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