These eryngo roots, prepared with sugar, were then called "Kissing Comfits."
"Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure"
William Thomas Fernie
I feed them on honey, placed in little drops on spikes of lavender, on heads of thistle, or field eryngo, or globe-thistle, according to the season.
"More Hunting Wasps"
J. Henri Fabre
The Zonites, a rude clan, grazing on the heads of the prickly eryngo, despise all tender preliminaries.
"The Glow-Worm and Other Beetles"
Jean Henri Fabre