Posted on 03/16/2023 6:06:45 AM PDT by Red Badger
Okey-Dokey Artichokey Ping!..................
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It’s your BIG DAY, ArtichokeGrower! Keep them coming!
Love artichoke hearts. Our local store used to sell a brand that had charcoal grilled artichoke hearts, in jars ready tk eat that were out of this world delicious- then they stopped carrying g them-
We like em on crackers as a snack too.
One cup moderately sharp cheddar, grated.
One cup mayonnaise.
Mix, bake in oven until bubbly, serve with crackers.
What if I don’t know any crackers?...................
It’s always something. Tuesday was Pi Day and yesterday was the Ides of March, so today is National Artichoke Hearts Day. I guess that’s better than the Roman name for today (”the 17th day before the Kalends of April”).
Just wait until tomorrow!............................
LOVE them.
Grew up eating them and thought everyone did. When I re-located to Colorado for a few years, no one knew what they were, let alone how to cook and eat them. A dear friend from New York was entirely baffled when I explained how to eat them.
I serve them often, like them plain - detest the idea of mayonnaise even butter on the leaves - my mother cooked them several times a month, we loved them - but then her family was from Watsonville, Castroville and the surrounding area, the artichoke growing capitols of the world.
My family likes them on pizza.
Husband from upstate Pennsylvania had never seen one before - after he had his first one and I explained how to eat it, he loved them. Also loved pizza so he combined the two.
My parents use to eat them with mayonnaise as a ‘dip’.
They would take each leaf of the artichoke off one at a time, dip the large end in the mayo, then eat the soft part at the large end of the leaf.
Then, after all the leaves were gone, they would eat the heart with a spoon..................
My parents ate them, they were from California in the 50’s and 60’s, see previous post, but I never much cared for them.................
Love me some artichokes! We dip the leaves in melted butter, then plop the heart into the melted butter dish. Sinfully good!
Artichokes! God’s gift to patient people.
Artichoke is actually a variety of thistle, and the edible part is an unopened flower bud............
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artichoke
Hadn’t heard of doing that before- Will Have to try it, sounds good- thanks
They would be good on pizza for sure. I have a jar of the hearts at home, now I’m hungry gry for them lol
What they would do is scrape the edible pasty end of the leaf with their teeth, and it comes off like a little bit of guacamole.....
That’s how I do it too, but I’ve seen some use a fork or utter knife to scrape out the edible bits. However it’s done, It’s a bit of work, but worth the effort in my opinion.
Lol, And God’s curse to impatient people 😆
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