cardoon
Edible thistle stalks
A cardoon is a Mediterranean plant related to the artichoke, cultivated for its thick, fleshy stalks rather than its flower buds.
The stalks are typically blanched to reduce bitterness before cooking: Cardoons braised in cream are a traditional Piedmontese dish.
The plant grows tall with spiny leaves and purple thistle-like flowers.
Spiny flowering weed
- perennialRecurring each year
- spinyHaving sharp points
- pricklySpiny or irritable
- thornyHaving sharp protrusions
burdock · cultivar · taproot · rosette · silvery · ornamental · flowering · seedhead
Cultivated plant area
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
- blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
- overwinteringEnduring the cold months
frost · harvest · compost · staking · transplanting · seedlings · allotment · kitchen-garden
Browned and simmered slowly
- bitterSharp, unpleasant taste
- stalkPlant's vertical support
- gratinBaked dish, browned crust
- antipastoItalian appetizer course
delicacy · ingredient · recipe · savory · nutty · flavorful · gourmet · preparation
thistle
Spiny flowering weed
thorny · burdock · cultivar · taproot · rosette · silvery · ornamental · flowering · seedhead
garden
Cultivated plant area
- horticultureCultivating plants systematically
- blanchingBriefly boiling then cooling
- trenchingExcavating long narrow cuts
overwintering · frost · harvest · compost · staking · transplanting · seedlings · allotment · kitchen-garden · forcing
braised
Browned and simmered slowly
antipasto · delicacy · ingredient · recipe · savory · nutty · flavorful · gourmet · preparation · roasted
celery
Edible ribbed stalks
- celeriacEdible knobby root vegetable
- asparagusEdible green stalk vegetable
- fennelLicorice-tasting culinary herb
rhubarb · salsify · chard · kohlrabi · leek · fibre · petiole · rib · stalk · crisp
Italy
Boot-shaped European nation
- SpainIberian Peninsula country
- CataloniaAutonomous northeastern Spanish community
- ProvenceSoutheastern French region
France · Tunisia · Algeria · Morocco · cuisine · climate · coastal · olive · fennel · anchovy
- vegetablesbroccoli, carrots, carrot, potato, cucumber
- Italian Produceeggplant, zucchini, tomato, Roma tomato, radicchio
- spiny plantsthistle, cactus pads, nettle, barberry, sea holly
- stalk vegetablesasparagus, celery, rhubarb, broccoli stems
- root vegetablescarrot, potato, beet, radish, turnip
- Thistlesthistle, milk thistle