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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 16, 2022 16:48:18 GMT
I even had gravlax on my cargo trip last month.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2023 15:06:55 GMT
Artichokes are apparently becoming an item completely unknown to younger generations. Cultivation is decreasing in France every year, and basically the only people who buy fresh artichokes and cook them are over the age of 60.
I probably buy artichokes about 5 or 6 times a year, but it's true that the cooking and eating processes are rather fastidious or I would certainly buy more since I really like them.
In a news report I saw today, they showed how gourmet chefs are preparing artichokes in new and interesting ways, but this means throwing away all of the leaves and only using the heart. I find that doubly sad, because it's kind of fun to eat artichoke leaves and on top of that, it slows me down since I usually eat too fast.
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Post by bixaorellana on Oct 6, 2023 16:30:28 GMT
In the late sixties I worked as a typesetter in Carmel Valley, California. The office, in my boss's home, overlooked fields of artichokes. At harvest time my boss presented me with several large paper grocery sacks of nice-sized, beautiful unblemished artichokes. Amazingly, these were the culls -- those deemed too small for transport to market.
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Post by fumobici on Oct 6, 2023 19:14:28 GMT
Artichokes are apparently becoming an item completely unknown to younger generations. Cultivation is decreasing in France every year, and basically the only people who buy fresh artichokes and cook them are over the age of 60. I probably buy artichokes about 5 or 6 times a year, but it's true that the cooking and eating processes are rather fastidious or I would certainly buy more since I really like them. In a news report I saw today, they showed how gourmet chefs are preparing artichokes in new and interesting ways, but this means throwing away all of the leaves and only using the heart. I find that doubly sad, because it's kind of fun to eat artichoke leaves and on top of that, it slows me down since I usually eat too fast. Artichokes are still alive and well in Italy. I suspect this would apply equally to the Southeast of France, where the culture is practically half Italian, as well.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 6, 2023 19:26:16 GMT
But artichokes are mostly grown in Brittany, which is no longer able to sell them.
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Post by whatagain on Oct 8, 2023 16:33:09 GMT
I am not yet 60 ne I eat them. Kids like them too.
Coluche said it was a meal for the poor. You have more in your plate after eating them than before.
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Post by kerouac2 on Oct 8, 2023 17:53:21 GMT
I think that families that still gather for meals as a group at least once a day are much more likely to eat artichokes. But so many families have now split up into independent eating that even if they are not all eating pizza and McDonald's, they are unlikely to eat artichokes.
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