Cardoon
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'CARDOON,' Cynara cardunculus (natural order Compositae), a perennial plant from the south of Europe and Barbary, a near relation of the artichoke.
Cardoons are exotic, hard to find vegetables. Cardoons take their name from the French word chardon, which comes from the Latin carduus, meaning thistle. Once described as celery on steroids, cardoons are very similar to artichokes.
Cardoon
A large stalky vegetable, related to the artichoke, the cardoon is very popular in France, Italy and Spain. Cardoons can be found from midwinter to early spring. Look for stalks that are firm and have a silvery grey-green colour.
cardoon = cardoni = cardi = Texas celery = chardoon Pronunciation: kar-DOON Notes: This vegetable is very likely an early ancester of the artichoke.
Cardoon A large winter and spring vegetable, related to the artichoke, very popular with the Victorians.
Carob A sweet fruit pod used in baking.
Cashew A nut eaten dried, roasted and salted as a snack or in salads.
Cardoon - Cardoons are the thick, fleshy stalks of a plant in the thistle family very similar to artichokes. It looks like very large, coarse, matte-gray celery. Popular in Italy, France and South America.
cardoon (karh-DOON) - The cardoon is a vegetable that is very popular in France, Italy, and Spain. It resembles a large bunch of wide flat celery and is silvery-gray in color.
Cardoon - A vegetable from the artichoke family that looks like celery. Cardoons may be eaten raw or cooked and served like any vegetable.
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CARDI - Cardoons. This vegetable which resembles celery is actually part of the artichoke family. They are eaten raw in salads, and fried, braised or baked as a side dish.
Raw vegetables like radishes, peppers, cabbage, carrots and cardoons are used for dipping in this sauce, and cooked vegetables like turnips and potatoes are often served as well.
Bagnapan (It.): seafood soup thickened with bread.
cardon: cardoon
carotte: carrot
carrelet: Plaice, a flat fish, Pleuronectes platessa
carte des mets: à la carte menu in French (also carte des vins, wine list)
carvi: caraway, Carum carvi ...
Originally, chard was a corruption of the French word for cardoon, carde, and the name was Swiss cardoon, a misnomer that William Woys Weaver, author of Heirloom Vegetable Gardening, likens to another famous misnomer, "Jerusalem artichoke.
An extract from the fourth stomach of lambs and calves used in cheese making to coagulate milk or in making junket pudding. There are also rennets obtained from vegetables such as cardoons.
Rennin: ...
cardoon A vegetable cultivated for its stalks and tender leaves; closely related to the artichoke, although it looks different.
Careme, Antonin ( 1784 - 1833) A French chef who, by organizing the ...
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