Choke

When faced with trying to work out whether the tall stately spikey plant on your allotment is a cardoon or an artichoke there's only one thing to do. Eat it!

On the menu this evening was: boiled artichoke, mayonnaise (made with rape seed oil), with a salad of rocket, beetroot leaf, sorrel, tomatoes (care of the grocer), baby courgette. I made a walnut oil and sherry vinegar dressing just to push the boat out.

Turns out we have a bona fide artichoke. To think we let them all go to waste last year!

[PS. Crappy quality photos via my phone]