Elisabrat

Note: you only eat the bite at the bottom of the leaf (near where it is torn off) you can cook those puppies to all eternity but your scrapping the 'flesh' off the leave not chewing on the whole darned thing. My husbands first wife made artichokes and he said they were AWFUL! I said really they are actually very good we love them and he said oh no, they were so friggen chewy and he had a hell of a time getting the hamburger up on his fork. HUH? She put ground round over the top and baked them. EGAD. If you find that recipe do not attempt it it will not be good. At all. We boil and simply eat them with mayo. If you shove a couple huge garlic cloves in the center after you have cut the tips before you boil them it imparts a bit of garlic flavor to the artichokes.

butterflywing

they just taste .... GREEN. :P i do what they do. cut off the tips with a kitchen shears. steam 'em. dip each leaf in garlic butter, scrape with my teeth and toss the leaf away. i scrape away the 'fuzzy choke', those hairs on the bottom, and eat the base. i cook 'til tender, but not to death.

sometimes i get those ones in the can. then i dry them off, dip in egg, roll in italian breadcrumbs, and fry. these are good hot or room temp.

enjoylife950

The other day I was at cosco and they were making pizza with pickeled artichoke hearts wasn't bad had a tangy bite to it but was good went well with the other toppings

MissTreated

In addition to what Alaskasunshine said, after cooking, I like to take the center leaves out, put in some finely sliced lettuce, as a bed and then either a chicken salad or a shrimp salad sutffed on top of the lettuce. Put a little mayo on the side to dip the leaves and when you have eaten all the leaves, you have the salad and the heart still to chow down on.

I even put the jarred/pickled ones on pizza. I love them!

flikkem

One of my chicken finger main dish recipes calls for artichokes and I use the ones in a jar. They add a nice touch. The chicken recipe is baked in a sauce and served on a bed of wilted spinach. It's become a favorite for meals when I'm entertaining guests.

enjoylife950

Oh those are so good on pizza iv'e had them at cosco mmmm good

enjoylife950

That sounds good I love spinish and chicken