I want to try some different things next year. What do artichokes taste like, AND do you have any recipes for them?

We always just steamed them, peel off a leaf, dip in garlic butter, scrape the meat off between our teeth and toss the leaf away :D:D:D The heart(center) we slice and eat dipped in the butter.

here is a recipe I have tried
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/p...ipe/index.html


http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&s...i=g6g-s1g2g-s1

We love italian style artichoke hearts, they are infused with a lovely oil and vinegar mix with some black pepper and herbs....bliss!

We steam them, and then dip the leaves in a garlic mayonaise. Get to the heart, scrape off the fuzzy schtuff, and chow down on it too! Lucky for me William does NOT like them! :D

Sounds wonderful. I am going to have to try them. Thanks so much for all the info.

I use arichoke hearts in salad all the time. They come in a jar flavored with oil and herbs. I just chop and toss them in.

I am just takeing a batch of snacks out of the oven made with artichokes.
1 cup Mayonaise
1 cup of Parmesan cheese shredded
2 cups of Mozerrla cheese shredded
1 TBS Garlic power
1 8oz can of articokes drained and chopped
Mix all together and bake in a lightly greased 8X8 baking dish
at 325 for 25-30 minutes.
Sever with Pita bread cut up in bite size pieces.
Enjoy

Ahhh, artichokes! My favorite! We used to always eat them with mustard/mayonnaise. Yum!

When my kids were little, we (their dad and I) had them convinced that the center part, the "heart." wasn't very good, but that we'd eat it for them so they wouldn't have to... We were so bad!

My new husband is perfect in every way, except that he grew up in Chicago and doesn't "get" artichokes. So sad......!

Enjoy!!

We've served Artichokes 4 times in the last week. I like to use the pressure cooker to cook. They cook up much faster. I throw a couple cloves of garlic in there and some salt and sometime some lemon.
We serve with garlic butter. We have also served a garlic butter with chopped fresh basil and maybe a little lemon as well.
I don't really care for the marinated artichoke hearts.
They grow them around here and my daughter got a whole bag full of them from her Uncle in law who's neighbor worked an artichoke field.

As far as taste, you mostly taste what you are cooking or dipping them into.