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Article: A thorny matter.(artichokes)
- Article from:
- Art Culinaire
- Article date:
- March 22, 2005
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"I NOWHERE SAW THE CARDOON SOUTH OF THE SALADO; BUT IT IS PROBABLE THAT
IN PROPORTION AS THAT COUNTRY BECOMES INHABITED, THE CARDOON WILL EXTEND
ITS LIMITS. THE CASE IS DIFFERENT WITH THE GIANT THISTLE (WITH
VARIEGATED LEAVES) OF THE PAMPAS, FOR I MET WITH IT IN THE VALLEY OF THE
SAUCE."
Charles Darwin, from The Voyage of the Beagle (1909)
THE "SAUCE" TO WHICH DARWIN REFERS, IN CHRONICLING HIS JOURNEY THROUGH Argentina, is not the yolk and butter-based variety we've come to associate with artichokes, but rather the Sauce Grande stream that he and his guides followed on their exploratory journey to Buenos Aires. That Darwin encountered (and recognized) the ...