In Rome, Italy, fava beans are either cooked with guanciale or with globe artichokes, as side dish together with lamb or kid, or raw with Pecorino romano . " Fave e Pecorino " is the traditional dish for 1 May picnic.
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The cones are distinctive, superficially resembling a small globe artichoke, 4 7 cm long and 4 6 cm broad, with pointed triangular scales; they mature about 7 months after pollination, when ( like fir and cedar cones ) they disintegrate to release the winged seeds.
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*Globe artichoke leaves also appear to have such effects, described as choleretic ( some sites use this interchangeably with a cholagogue, but apparently many sources describe an increase in production of bile as choleretic, whereas a cholagogue might merely encourage its release from the liver or gall bladder.
