Chardoons

Chardoons, or Cardoons, as they are called now, ‘are a wild thistle that grows in every ditch or hedge.’ According to Adam’s Luxury and Eve’s Cookery several British thistles were eaten in former times as the green artichoke is now, after being boiled. The stalks also, stripped of their rind, were cooked in the same way as asparagus and eaten cold as salad, or as a vegetable. They were sometimes baked in pies. To-day they are cultivated on the Contine