Crime in Progress: Artichokes!

"Andy" <g> wrote

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Medium green artichokes $3.00/ea.???

Squeaky fresh but... not for medium-sized artichokes!!!

For the first time, I even saw large artichokes with one foot stems!
What's
that all about?

The harvest must seriously suck this season OR the growers are taking a
page
from the oil companies.

It's a crime I tell ya!!! 🙁

My exMIL used to gripe about the price of artichokes being so
high for Easter. Maybe they'll be cheaper in the next circular, bein'
Easter's passed.

nancy

Nancy Young said...

Quoted message said:

"Andy" <g> wrote

Quoted message said:

Medium green artichokes $3.00/ea.???

Squeaky fresh but... not for medium-sized artichokes!!!

For the first time, I even saw large artichokes with one foot stems!
What's
that all about?

The harvest must seriously suck this season OR the growers are taking a
page
from the oil companies.

It's a crime I tell ya!!! 🙁

My exMIL used to gripe about the price of artichokes being so
high for Easter. Maybe they'll be cheaper in the next circular, bein'
Easter's passed.

nancy

nancy,

I certainly HOPE so but are you holding YOUR breath? I'm not holding mine!
:|

Andy

P.S. I have half a mind (better than nuthin'😉 to attend
http://www.artichoke-festival.org/ and buy a few bushels for pennies on the
dollar! --A

Nancy Young said:

My exMIL used to gripe about the price of artichokes being so
high for Easter. Maybe they'll be cheaper in the next circular, bein'
Easter's passed.

I was hoping that was going to be the case with eggs, but a new sales week
started today, and they are still $3.29 a dozen. I guess I'm not going to be
making any artichoke souffles! ;-)

--
wff_ng_7 (at) verizon (dot) net

Nancy Young said:

"Andy" <g> wrote

Quoted message said:

Medium green artichokes $3.00/ea.???

Squeaky fresh but... not for medium-sized artichokes!!!

They're $1 apiece at most of our local grocery chains this week
and quite nice.

gloria p

Andy g said:

Medium green artichokes $3.00/ea.???

Squeaky fresh but... not for medium-sized artichokes!!!

For the first time, I even saw large artichokes with one foot stems! What's
that all about?

The harvest must seriously suck this season OR the growers are taking a page
from the oil companies.

It's a crime I tell ya!!! 🙁

Andy

The stems are suppossed to be edible. I bought 3 of them a few months
ago, and was not impressed. The outer layer of the stem was really
stringy, so we could only eat the very middle of it- pencil sized.
TJ's is a good place for artichokes sometimes.