Any Italian folks out there ever had or prepared cordoon?
I've had it but never prepared it. I had it over in the Med while on cruise. It was fried and served with a cheese type sauce. Not bad, but, not one of the best things I've ever eaten overseas.
What is it? I ain’t never of it
What is it? I ain’t never of it
Not really sure, to tell you the truth!! The only time I ever seen it or had it was when I was over in the Mediterranean on cruise. We hit port in Lisbon Portugal and it was served with my meal. I guess the best way to explain it is, when we had it, it was a side dish and it kind of looked like fried celery stalk. Can't tell you much more about it because that meal was later in the day after long liberty day of day drinking and a couple of gallons of Portuguese Super Bock beer!! Uh, I meant sight seeing while supporting the local economy. That's what I meant to say!!
Thanks Navy! 1st attempt reaped mixed results. The older stalks were a bit tough and bitter. The young tender ones were ok. Not quite the "tastes like artichokes" tag that they feed you when they want to sell you the seed. Would rather eat artichokes! ....but they aren't doing very well this year due to lack of rain and my garden is too big to water by hand. Going to give cardoon another shot in a week or two.
SPF cardoon is a cousin of the artichoke. Think of an over sized thistle. It makes a pretty plant, nice silver green and has really cool looking flowers after the 1st year. I started growing them as a joke, one of my electrician's was/is very Scottish(his dad was just off the boat) as is his very buxom redheaded wife. The cardoon flower is very similar looking to the thistle bud/flower that is the national symbol of Scotland. I'd bring a bouquet to work, so he could take them home to his wife.
At present, I'd classify it as one of those survival food that is ok, but not on the list of things to eat if you don't have to. And you hope that you have gloves so you can harvest due to the miserable thorns on it. They say that some of the older Italian immigrants used to substitute burdock stems in place of cardoon stalks. If you have burdock down there, envision eating that and you get the drift of what cardoon is like. But like I said, I will give it one more shot. If not good, it'll go back to being a conversation piece.
So what you are telling me BT is not give up my chicken gizzards for it lol...chicken gizzards with Frank’s hot sauce and cold beer, dang it boy that’s some good stuff brother! I bet my man lakes mouth is watering right now lol
I sort of figured there was somehow a woman involved in this story.
@Navylion: you drunken swabs could have been fed fried water buffalo dick and you'd of never known the difference. My advice to both of you would be to opt for the fried chicken gizzards.
In my travels, I did make my way to Potterville, Mi., just south of Lansing. There is a restaurant called Joe’s Gizzard City where the specialty of the house, as you might expect, are fried chicken gizzards and they are delicious. Paired with more than a few chilled beers, it is quite the gastronomic experience.
I sort of figured there was somehow a woman involved in this story.
@Navylion: you drunken swabs could have been fed fried water buffalo dick and you'd of never known the difference. My advice to both of you would be to opt for the fried chicken gizzards.
Hey Tsuga. Do you pick mushrooms
@been-there-ii I don't recall it tasting like artichoke. I'll put it this way, I woudn't ever order it again if it was on a menu. Not a fan!!
I sort of figured there was somehow a woman involved in this story.
@Navylion: you drunken swabs could have been fed fried water buffalo dick and you'd of never known the difference. My advice to both of you would be to opt for the fried chicken gizzards.
Sadly I can't dispute that or argue with you about it!!
@southern-psu-fan Can't say as I've had any chicken gizzards, next time I'm in Lansing visiting my folks, I might swing over to Lake's recommended Gizzard City. But yeah, I wouldn't go cold turkey on the gizzards for cardoon.
@tsuga Well, yeah. It wouldn't fit my nature to grow flowers for a guy. Unless they're medicinal herbs. Whole different ball game.
Was at the VA today, parked beside another ex Jarhead Sgt. He had a "Yeah, that's about right" bumper sticker on the side of his truck cap. Not sure I got the MOS # right but it read "MOS 3331, Machine Gunner. Accuracy through volume."
Little know fact: King Arthur's round table was actually the idea of one of his knights. Even today we all know and use his name.
Eye roll please.... Sir Cumference
@navylion Well Sir, let me tell you it was quite a stretch to get any hint of artichoke in my opinion too. But hey, if you were intoxicated by the local scenery, you may have missed the subtle taste. Me, quite possibly the IBUs from the IPA dulled my taste buds.
Yep. Pretty sure you nailed it with the MOS. But, you were off the mark with that joke!! Trip to the VA?? Thats what ya get for bucking the beech!
@exesuwarrior95:
FT: I do indeed. My wife is better at identifying them than I am. Have you ever tried Chaga tea?? If not I'd recommend it; especially if you're over 50.
@lakerie:
And people call me crazy for eating hog-maw, chitlings, tripe, and scrapple.
@BT:
I almost forget to tell you. I went to the VA a few weeks back for my 6 month check-up. Everything came back good according to the doc. y weight hasnt changed, I'm still at 180. However, when he weighed my genitalia and they came in at 90lbs; he told me I was half nuts.
Have a good evening brother
@navylion:
Nothing like a warm breakfast to start the day off in the woods!!
Aye Laddie, it tis the World's Greatest Navy. Some years back I made the long trek down to Bath Iron Works to check out the Zumwalt. What an incredible ship it was. As I recall, it was designed to be undetectable? I was very impressed with it but I understand it's had some troubles??
How's the fam doing??
Finally getting rain and of course the power went out just as I was getting ready to hit "add reply". It was raining and blowing so hard, I thought I heard it hailing. Turns out it was just white pine branches breaking off and bouncing off the house. PITA
You can keep the chitlins, that was a for sure "eat out on the town" night when I was at Camp Lagoon.
Scrapple topped w/ apple butter, though the powered sugar sounds like a possibility too.
Speaking of accuracy through volume:
I heard there aren't any canaries in the Canary Islands. Along that same vain, in the Virgin Islands...no canaries either.
