SC - artichokes

[Stefan li Rous]

Ras declared:
> melcnewt at netins.net writes:
> << ow are these Jerusalem artichokes  >>
> 
> Jerusalem artichokes are new world.

There do appear to be at least two types of artichokes. One is
European and one is American. From this, I imagine what I see in
the vegetable counters here in the US is the "Jerusalem artichoke",
right?

How would I identify in the store which is which? I've become a little
bit less sure of the labels I see in the grocery stores from some of
the comments I've seen on this list. Has anyone here tried both of
these? Perhaps using the same recipe? Master Cariadoc? If so, how much
differance is there between them? If all I can find is the American
version, how different will that be from using the European version?

The following is one of the messages in this file in the FOOD-VEGETABLES
section of the Florilegium:
artichokes-msg    (11K) 12/ 8/99    Period artichokes. Recipes. Cardoons.
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Lord Stefan li Rous    Barony of Bryn Gwlad    Kingdom of Ansteorra
Mark S. Harris             Austin, Texas           stefan at texas.net
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> Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 21:07:23 -0700
> From: david friedman <ddfr at best.com>
> Subject: Re: SC - Is tarragon period?
> 
> When artichokes appear seems at least mildly controversial. The Romans had
> something they called "cynara," but some authorities think it was the
> Cardoon. There seems to be some evidence that the artichoke was bred out of
> the Cardoon in al-Andalus during SCA period, which would make it period for
> at least the later centuries.
> 
> And I have both artichokes and cardoons growing in my garden. If the
> cardoons grow enough I may even try eating them--the leaves are supposed to
> be edible.
> 
> David/Cariadoc