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Another one I would love to see on more grocery shelves is cardoon. https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-clean-cardoons-2394986 https://www.thespruceeats.com/h

Another one I would love to see on more grocery shelves is cardoon. https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-clean-cardoons-2394986 https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-clean-cardoons-2394986

jna_sh 3y ago
Tried cardoon for the first time this year, from a nearby food forest. It was great, I’d really recommend, and it’s still surviving in the lot when everything else has succumbed to a very wet Dutch winter.
nrjames 3y ago
And mangosteen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen
- drittich 3y ago
  Mangosteen is great! In Ontario I can find it readily at Asian grocery stores like T&T or Nations.
- ngai_aku 3y ago
  Mangosteen! Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I think it’s my favorite fruit. I haven’t had one since I left SEA
derbOac 3y ago
Cardoons are one of the things on my "bucket list of foods I've never tried", and reading you mention this makes me wonder why they aren't grown in the US. Or if they are, why they don't get distributed? Food "prevalence" in general is mysterious to me. It seems to me there are a lot of foods that could be more widespread but aren't for historical or quirky reasons. Pawpaws seem to be one of many similar examples.
- drittich 3y ago
  They don't seem that hard to grow, i.e., partial sun seems OK. I might give it a shot...
  - devilbunny 3y ago
    They're not incredibly productive - I had two or three one time and we never ate them because it just seemed like a lot of work (to prepare them) for not much food (and you would have been hard pressed to get more than one or two full leaves per plant per week or so). Whereas strawberries, herbs, peppers, and citrus just needed to be washed, cut, and eaten. They are very pretty when they flower, though.
    - drittich 3y ago
      Thanks, I probably won't bother then - I have no ability with plants and I don't think that's likely to change. It was just my stomach that made me write that :)
- pvaldes 3y ago
  Very ornamental flower also. Deep blue. Simply a little big for small gardens.

Another one I would love to see on more grocery shelves is cardoon. https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-clean-cardoons-2394986 https://www.thespruceeats.com/how-to-clean-cardoons-2394986

jna_sh 3y ago

Tried cardoon for the first time this year, from a nearby food forest. It was great, I’d really recommend, and it’s still surviving in the lot when everything else has succumbed to a very wet Dutch winter.

nrjames 3y ago

And mangosteen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mangosteen

drittich 3y ago
Mangosteen is great! In Ontario I can find it readily at Asian grocery stores like T&T or Nations.
ngai_aku 3y ago
Mangosteen! Maybe it’s nostalgia, but I think it’s my favorite fruit. I haven’t had one since I left SEA

derbOac 3y ago

Cardoons are one of the things on my "bucket list of foods I've never tried", and reading you mention this makes me wonder why they aren't grown in the US. Or if they are, why they don't get distributed? Food "prevalence" in general is mysterious to me. It seems to me there are a lot of foods that could be more widespread but aren't for historical or quirky reasons. Pawpaws seem to be one of many similar examples.

drittich 3y ago
They don't seem that hard to grow, i.e., partial sun seems OK. I might give it a shot...
- devilbunny 3y ago
  They're not incredibly productive - I had two or three one time and we never ate them because it just seemed like a lot of work (to prepare them) for not much food (and you would have been hard pressed to get more than one or two full leaves per plant per week or so). Whereas strawberries, herbs, peppers, and citrus just needed to be washed, cut, and eaten. They are very pretty when they flower, though.
  - drittich 3y ago
    Thanks, I probably won't bother then - I have no ability with plants and I don't think that's likely to change. It was just my stomach that made me write that :)
pvaldes 3y ago
Very ornamental flower also. Deep blue. Simply a little big for small gardens.