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Old 01-08-2006, 11:48 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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"david taylor" writes:
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| Our cardoons blanched as celery have a rather undistinguished bland taste-I
| know they're reputed to be bitter. I treat them as perennials and they are
| becoming overshadowed by trees. I am debating whether to move them to a
| sunny spot as specimen plants but have written them of as a culinary
| vegetable.

Are you one of the people who can distinguish bitter from sour? For
example, which is bitter and which sour of lemon and grapefruit juice?


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.