My daughter brought me two beautiful artichokes today. They are dark purple almost black on the outside, if you pull back the leaves you see the pale green of an ordinary artichoke..These are from Trader Joes and they have no stickers on the ends of the leaves nor are they supposed to have much thistle in the center. I'll be cooking them tomorrow and see if this is so. Also they are supposed to cook more quickly than the regular green artichoke. Has anyone had these beauties?
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