Author Topic: Artichokes (Read 1659 times)

minty · « **on:** May 21, 2006, 03:17:31 pm »

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smurfboy · « **Reply #1 on:** May 21, 2006, 03:42:13 pm »

I love artichokes but they are a nightmare to prepare. Therefore I only buy them tinned or in olive oil.

oldspice · « **Reply #2 on:** May 21, 2006, 05:41:18 pm »

I love Jerusalem atichokes.

« **Reply #3 on:** May 21, 2006, 06:06:50 pm »

The only place I ever had artichoke was in Israel on kibbutz so I assume it was Jerusalem variety.

Reason for editting: spelling mistake.

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loulou · « **Reply #4 on:** May 21, 2006, 07:48:17 pm »

I've never tasted one.

« **Reply #5 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:05:36 pm »

Sort of hard to describe. Somewhere between cabbage and beetroot.

StrollingMinstrel · « **Reply #6 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:07:11 pm »

mmmm artichokes, love them, especially artichoke hearts marinaded in garlicky/herby olive oil.

loulou · « **Reply #7 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:27:59 pm »

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Sort of hard to describe. Somewhere between cabbage and beetroot.

I like both of those.

« **Reply #8 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:29:49 pm »

You'd like artichoke then innit.

minty · « **Reply #9 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:37:03 pm »

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« **Reply #10 on:** May 21, 2006, 08:42:52 pm »

The one I ate was a greeny purple colour and was about the size of a Grapefruit but flatter. What sort was that?

loulou · « **Reply #11 on:** May 22, 2006, 12:53:06 am »

oldspice · « **Reply #12 on:** May 22, 2006, 07:57:25 am »

That's right, they do have a purple tinge to them. You almost certainly ate a globe artichoke in Israel Bounty. The other variety are nothing to do with Jerusalem, despite their name.

« **Reply #13 on:** May 22, 2006, 09:42:19 am »

Yes, it was a globe. I was about 20 miles north of Eilat at a place called Yotvata, nowhere near Jarusalem. I was birdwatching.

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