Castroville? CASTROVILLE?"
I love artichokes! Even if Hillary Hitlery’s favorite expression is, “Okey-dokey artichokey!”
And here in South Carolina we have the annual Salley S.C. Okra Strut. Just had a Crawfish Festival. Catfish has its day, too.
This is a new one to me and I’ve been to a bunch of Garlic festivals in Gilroy...great way to refresh the wine cellar.
Nearby Gilroy also has a yearly GARLIC festival.
When I was a boy it was spectacular and even on normal days you could smell the approaching city from the highway from literally 10 miles away.
Alas, today something like 90% of garlic in the USA is now imported (mainly from China) and so the popularity of the Gilroy Garlic festival has dived for the deck.
The frangrance is also not nearly as powerful either.
“It may have choked Artie but it ain’t gonna choke Stymie!”
The festival has greatly improved since moving to the fairgrounds. It will be bigger this year with improvements made in the inside display areas. Parking is a problem so get there early.
their french fried artichoke hearts are
the
best - and their light tempura batter - I managed to get a hold of that recipe -
I love artichokes and mayo!
I got married at the Castroville courthouse in 1971.
Back in the 70’s, during the recession, we lived off of artichokes and calamari. Calamari at one point was $.08 a pound at Fisherman’s Wharf in Monterey.
While doing basic training at Fort Ord I visited Castroville,
The artichoke capital of the world.
WOW!
God invented the artichoke because, in His infinite omniscience, He knew that someday, someone would invent Best Food’s Mayonnaise (known as Hellman’s east of the Rockies).
Lived in Monterey for 18 months and loved all the festivals: strawberry, squid, broccoli, garlic, etc. nothing like seeing someone drunk on garlic wine. Grew up in the Bay Area but never went until we lived there....
But now, no water, no festivals, right?