Results 1 to 5 of 5

Thread: Artichoke - Vegetable or Flower?

  1. #1
    Captain Mike_N_Ike's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2000
    Location
    Irvine, CA
    Posts
    1,676

    Artichoke - Vegetable or Flower?

    Can somebody settle this for me..we've been arguing about it all day. I tried to google it but most of the sites that it returns are blocked so I can't read them.

    Thanks
    -Mike

  2. #2
    Admiral Kevster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Jan 2002
    Location
    NorCal
    Posts
    6,136
    From Merriam Webster:

    Main Entry: ar·ti·choke
    Pronunciation: 'är-t&-"chOk
    Function: noun
    Etymology: Italian dialect articiocco, ultimately from Arabic al-khurshuf the artichoke
    1 : a tall composite herb (Cynara scolymus) like a thistle with coarse pinnately incised leaves; also : its edible immature flower head which is cooked as a vegetable

    So it's an edible flower.
    I think over again
    My small adventures, my fears.
    The small ones that seemed so big,
    For all the vital things I had to get and to reach.

    And yet there is only one great thing, the only thing:

    To live to see the great day that dawns,
    And the light that fills the world.


    -old Inuit song

  3. #3
    Picture of the Day Guru zippyjuan's Avatar
    Join Date
    Oct 2002
    Location
    Sunny San Diego
    Posts
    8,756
    The real question about them is who was the first person who tried to eat one ever? "Hmm... I think I will try to see if there is anything good hiding in this big prickly thing." Did they have butter back then?

  4. #4
    Ruler-Of-All-Things-Beer BrewMaster's Avatar
    Join Date
    Dec 2000
    Location
    Pasadena, CA
    Posts
    10,249
    i don't think those categories are mutually exclusive.

  5. #5
    Rear Admiral Lower Half tupacboy's Avatar
    Join Date
    May 2000
    Location
    border of oc and la
    Posts
    2,382
    flower...

Bookmarks

Posting Permissions

  • You may not post new threads
  • You may not post replies
  • You may not post attachments
  • You may not edit your posts
  •