Hey hmmm..
I have eaten them on many occasions yes. I spent some time in Bordeaux where they were served in bowls with garlic or mustard sauce, has to be said quite nice. So that was back in ooohhh 96/97’ish era and I’ve not touched them since, don’t know why, just haven’t. Then last night I walked through Borough Market and I spotted a couple of what looked like “ripe” ones, I collected them along with some other random salad selection and headed home. I then proceeded to admire the beasts, hearty looking fellas all proud standing and what looked like eager to blosom and then hacked the BBC Food website to see how to cook them… best recipe simply stated “cook in boiling water, make a mustard vinigarette, serve”
I did, they were disgusting. Those mild happy French memories of sitting on the Girone sipping Pastis and gobbling artichokes evaporated quicker than Stans Spaff from one of my Z355 rims..
The others in the bin, it’s taking up valuble space too so I may have to disguard it elsewhere, burying it is an option though I think it’ll grow back with a vengance and come looking for me in the middle of a cold night in early Jan2023… 😆