What is a globe?

Globe is a permanent plant grown for its edible floral buds or as a decorative plant. This thistle group member generally grows 3-4 feet (90-130 cm) and 5-6.5 feet (150-200 cm) and has long, green blue leaves with silver tones that can reach approximately 2.7 feet (82 cm) to length. Although the product of artichoke plants is widely considered to be vegetables, it is actually a flower bud, which, when left on the plant, produces large, purple flowers that measure about 7 inches (18 cm) wide. Once flowers bloom, they are inedible, but if they are harvested, a large part of the bud can be consumed.

In diameter from approximately 3-6 inches (8-15 cm), the bud of artichoke Globe has a green, triangular shaped, thorny outer petals. These thorns are responsible for the classification of the plant as a thistle. Below these external petals are white and/or yellow inner petals that protect the heart of the arti -skirt basejust above the stem. Furthermore, it protects the heart is a fuzzy mass called a choke that sits immediately above the heart and is inedible. While the heart is the most suitable part of the Globe artistic bud, the base of the petals and the stem can also be eaten.

Artichokes are generally steamed or cooked to prepare them for consumption. They are generally consumed from the outside to the center. Usually one takes off the petals individually, immerses them in the sauce and stretches them through his clenched teeth to scrape tender meat on the base. After the leaves are gone, the choke can be discarded and the heart and the inner stem can be removed and eaten. Buds produced by both varieties of artichokes Globe, Green Globe and Imperial Star are generally considered to be of high nutritional value. One medium artichoke has a large amount of fiber folic acid, but contains less than one gram of fat and approximately 60 calories.

Artician Globe with most likelyThe liver came from the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands. In Italy, he cultivated widely, especially in Sicily and Naples, as well as in England and other southern European countries along the Mediterranean Basin. While Italy, Spain and France are historically the largest producers of Globe artichoke, the United States has also produced them since the 19th century. Originally cultivated in California and Louisiana, California eventually became responsible for nearly 100% of the production of artichoke in Globe, USA