Artichokes are a favorite pastime vegetable used in many types of cooking dishes. An artichoke that is edible is the portion of the plant or bud prior to an amazing purple flower that flourishes. These vegetables are hardy plants and require little care. The vegetable that is produced, although is grown in many varieties, they are also prepared in many different fashions such as boiling, steaming, broiling, BBQ and some eat them raw out of the garden.
