How do you fix artichokes?

[Catshrink]

How do you get the good part out? We've always picked off the leaves and dipped the ends in butter or mayo and scraped off the good stuff. But how does one get the heart out? Is it worth the effort?

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. You remove their testicles. n/t

[Sanity Claws]

2. No need to fix them. They're not broken.

They're supposed to look that way.

[rug]

3. How to eat an artichoke.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL4RaoSaHu4

[haele]

4. We used to eat our Globe Artichokes the same way - when we got to the last few leaves

we could "nibble" the artichoke goodness off, we'd take all the final bits of leaves off, take a spoon and clean out the "fuzz"(the thistley part), then trim off the woody part of the stem, cut the heart into cubes and continue dipping them in the melted butter.
The heart is indeed worth it.

Haele

[Kali]

7. like this

VERY worth it! easy too - spoon out the fuzz, cut into a few pieces and finish up the butter!

[TK421]

5. With bacon...you can't fuck this up

[Gormy Cuss]

6. The secret to getting good artichoke hearts is to buy very small artichokes...

because when they're small enough the choke hasn't formed yet. The big artichokes that are normally in supermarkets don't have an edible heart, but the bottoms under the chokes are nice and tender.

[HopeHoops]

8. Are they broken?

If they ain't broke, don't fix 'em.

[kimmerspixelated]

13. HHoops Rides Again!

Stole my line, but hey, I'm a forgivin youse!

[HopeHoops]

14. (Cue rim shot)

:hi:

[kimmerspixelated]

15. zince ju play da drums, and I play guitar and zing-

shall we jam?!!

[HopeHoops]

16. I'll grab my sax.

[kimmerspixelated]

17. NONONO, I am married-

I can't have sax!

[HopeHoops]

19. Sax players do it orally.

:evilgrin: You have to know how to tongue it to play sax.

I played baritone sax in college jazz band. My sax was bigger and could go deeper than anyone else's.

My main axe is actually a 1976 Selmer Signet in absolutely beautiful condition. My youngest daughter (15) is using it now and she's got some serious talent. She started with clarinet in 4th grade (3rd, maybe) and decided to switch to alto when she hit high school. I can still pick it up and make it sing without any warm-up, but it is good to see it getting some regular attention.

For the record, I'm married also - 23 years now (but we've been together since Dec '84) - and I wouldn't trade my lady for anything.

[peekaloo]

9. Rip their little hearts out.

That'll fix 'em for good.

[seabeyond]

10. cut stem even to artichoke

cut off top 1". snip pointed leaves for rest of choke with scissors.

we add garlic (lots) and lemon juice to water to boil. half hour or more.

we do the same with the leaves. at a point, tear off rest of leaves. cut hairy part off adn enjoy the heart....

hubby and i enjoy. will have it with crab. between the two, may take an hour to eat our dinner. but it is nice...

[sinkingfeeling]

11. Remove the spiney bristle things with a spoon and you're left with the best part of the artichoke.

[OffWithTheirHeads]

12. Try a Mayo, Tamari and Chive mixture for a dip. Yum!

[Xipe Totec]

18. The heart is absolutely the best part! Well worth the effort

Use a spoon to scrape the thistles off the top, then eat the heart.

I prefer to eat the heart without any dip that would hide the delicate flavor.

I'll tell you another secret, the heart of a corn cob tastes very similar and it's a lot cheaper.

[dixiegrrrrl]

21. You series bout that?

How do you prepare the heart of corn?
Can't believe I am this old and did not know that.
LOVE artichokes, used to grow my own, and picked them small.

[Xipe Totec]

22. Just slice the corn cob down the middle

after you finish eating your corn-on-the cob.

Scoop the center like bone-marrow from a bone.

There's not much there, but what there is, will alter your sense of taste the way artichokes do.

Suddenly, thing will taste different, sweeter in some ways, tangier in others.

If you've had artichokes, you know what I mean.

[Jamastiene]

20. I don't.

Any food that takes that much effort to eat doesn't make it to my grocery list.

1. I don't like food I have to continue fighting even after I cook it.
2. My aunt only has one working hand, so she cannot eat anything complicated like that.

[Xipe Totec]

23. You are depriving yourself

Do you feel the same way about crawfish?

What about oysters?

Or pumpkin seeds?

If you do, I truly feel sorry for you. You are depriving yourself of pleasures you will never know.

(ETA)

Your moniker is interesting and apropos: jamastiene: jamas = never, tiene = has (never-has)

[donheld]

28. I feel that way, as for

Oysters - Eww, Crawfish - don't have many of them around here. Pumpkin seeds are yummy, but I ain't making them.
Feel sorry for me all you like, I got my own pleasures :bounce::bounce:

[Kali]

27. a fully cooked artichoke could be eaten with one hand easily -

might need a little help removing the fuzz, but the heart is fork-tender and the whole thing is a great excuse to slurp melted butter

[baldguy]

24. Fix anything.

If it's s'posed to move & don't: WD-40.

If it ain't s'posed to move & does: duck it.

[ElboRuum]

25. You cut off its yarbles.

[gmoney]

26. "It might choke Artie, but it ain't gonna choke Stymie!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpHgrWbvjGA

[Catshrink]

29. Scottsdale Community College's mascot is "The Artichoke" (it's better than The Rutabaga!")

"Ten years ago a new community college opened to serve the needs of the growing valley. A plot of land on the Salt River Indian reservation was leased for 99 years.

The year was 1970, a new decade born of the student protests and campus turmoil of the 60s. The times they were a changin', and this school would be different.

<snip>

Students and the government elected to represent them felt athletics should be low on the budget list, below things needed by all students such as books for the library, a day-care center for parents pursuing their education and scholarships for local residents.

Student government allotted 11 scholarships for the Indians on whose land the campus stood. The administration of that day had other ideas.

It felt the scholarships could be put to better use by luring out of state athletes.

So was born the artichoke movement.

When student government protested the decision to divert money to out-of-state students it was effectively stripped of power. The constitution was rewritten and the majority of students at SCC felt they had been sold down the river by yet another establishment false promise.

<snip>

The administration, while hearing the vague footsteps of dissension, went ahead with plans for making SCC a national junior college athletic power.

It asked an infuriated student government to run an election to name a mascot.

The senate reacted by giving the students three choices, the Artichoke, the Rutabaga, or the Scoundrels. As is history now, the election was won by our Artichoke.

The shocked administration declared the election null and void, since, it explained, only 11% of the school's population had participated.

At about this time a group of "semi-athletes", as the school paper called them, formed a group called Concerned Students. They attempted to name the mascot "Drovers" and ran their own candidates in the next election. That election was a highly emotional affair, bringing a record number of voters to the polls. The Artichoke, running against the Drover, won again, gathering over 70% of the vote. Administrators had little choice but to let the verdict stand.

http://www.scottsdalecc.edu/about_scc/why_the_artichoke.html