2022 - Picked my first..................

Globe artichokes.  Picked, soaked in salty water to get the aphids out, prepped, boiled whole and then halved them, at which point I found that half of them had maggots in the top of the stem/base of the flower head

How disappointing.  A little extra protein perhaps

The protein I'm just about okay with, it's the icky mess they've left behind in all the tunnels that's more off putting, especially in a salad. Nowhere to hide!