SC - artichokes

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In a message dated 8/30/00 12:19:09 AM Eastern Daylight Time, 
stefan at texas.net writes:

<< 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? >>

European artichokes or Globe artichokes are flower buds. They are green and 
consist of overlapping scales. 

ar*ti*choke (noun)
[Italian dialect articiocco, ultimately from Arabic al-khurshuf the  
artichoke]
First appeared 1530
 1 : a tall composite herb (Cynara scolymus) like a thistle with coarse  
pinnately incised leaves; also : its edible immature flower head which is  
cooked as a vegetable
***

Jerusalem artichokes are tubers which are cream colored and similar in 
appearance to a skinless extremely knotty potato.

Je*ru*sa*lem artichoke (noun)
[Jerusalem by folk etymology from Italian girasole girasole]
First appeared 1641
 : a perennial American sunflower (Helianthus tuberosus) widely cultivated 
for its tubers that are used as a vegetable and as a livestock feed


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