Artichokes

We have been growing artichokes in our garden for at least ten years and we have never tried eating them.
Not sure why but perhaps the quotes below are pointers. This is the last one flowering in our garden this year. Perhaps next year!!!
“In the book of things people more often do wrong than right, investing must certainly top the list, followed closely by wallpapering and eating artichokes”

“Artichoke: That vegetable of which one has more at the finish than at the start of dinner.”

“Life is like eating artichokes, you have got to go through so much to get so little.”