A dear friend fell into the habit of making artichokes with homemade hollandaise for dinner whenever her husband was out of town. I love her husband but man when got the heck out of town I made sure I was around for dinner!
― quincie, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:26 (eleven years ago) link
Last night for dins I had 3 tiny tennis-ball-sized artichokes for dinner and it was awesome!I used to make my mom make them every year on my birthday.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:27 (eleven years ago) link
Any vehicle for lemon-butter sauce, that is also delicious in its own right, and fun to eat, but with some risk of injury = amazing
― quincie, Friday, 4 May 2012 23:32 (eleven years ago) link
I also like that you get to have a big pile of discards when you're done, but it's a pile of beautiful green leaves, not disgusting bones.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:33 (eleven years ago) link
The greatest thing in the world, when we lived in Stanton, was having artichoke plants in our back yard. (Also the lemon tree.)
― improvised explosive advice (WmC), Friday, 4 May 2012 23:47 (eleven years ago) link
I had artichokes for dinner last night. Didn't use lemon-butter sauce, but a garlic aioli with dill, basil, and lemon juice. It was 100% fantastic!
― Vini Reilly Invasion (Elvis Telecom), Saturday, 5 May 2012 02:53 (eleven years ago) link
Saw some huge ones at Whole Foods recently, maybe I'll get one. I usually mix Dijon mustard with mayo (equal parts) for the dipping sauce.
― nickn, Monday, 7 May 2012 00:28 (eleven years ago) link
I like them plain.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Monday, 7 May 2012 01:07 (eleven years ago) link
Cafe at work had a steak and artichoke panini special last week that I couldn't say no to. w/ chipotle mayo and provolone.
― Jaq, Monday, 7 May 2012 01:22 (eleven years ago) link