Please no silly answers,
My mother inlaw boiled 3 whole artichokes and left and the guys want to know how to eat it. I have never eat freash whole artichoke. I know you can eat the "meat" off the leaves and the heart of it. I have only seen someone eat it once and she dipped the leaves in melted butter
2006-08-14 22:07:48 · 5 answers · asked by La Dee Da 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Cooking & Recipes
Boiling is okay, Steaming is much better!
After the artichokes have steamed and are soft in the inner leaf, remove from water and strain.
You can eat each leaf from the bottom about 2/3 of the way to the tip. There's a soft fleshy area - dip this in butter and put the bottom end of the leaf in your mouth - using your teeth you "pull" the meat from the leaf.
You can also add garlic salt/powder to the butter for an even more delicious flavor.
This website gives you illustrated step-by-step instructions on not only how to prepare before cooking, but how to trim, to eat and what part not to eat.
Have fun! They are absolutely yummy!
http://becksposhnosh.blogspot.com/2006/05/how-to-trim-artichoke.html
2006-08-15 00:42:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 21⤊ 1⤋
Boiled sounds very bland. Bend them backwards to splay the "petals," put some pieces of butter, bread crumbs, salt and pepper on top and bake them in the oven a little while (since they are already cooked). Peel and suck the soft "meat" off the bottom of the petals and eat the heart whole.
2006-08-14 22:16:08 · answer #2 · answered by druid 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Leaves are pulled by skill of your teeth to eliminate the fit for human consumption flesh. The outer leaves are discarded because the Choke [hairy element]. frequently the suitable a million/2 inch is decrease off. The tiny very small artichokes [the dimensions of an apricot] are scrumptious and the entire ingredient is eaten.
2016-11-25 01:58:49 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Usually you stuff the artichokes befroe you boil them. Using seasoned bread crumbs and olive oil and garlic place the stuffing behind each leaf. Simmer the artichikes until the leaf pulls off easily.
2006-08-15 08:57:59 · answer #4 · answered by Ask the Chef 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
If you soak it for a day in water you can eat it all its really nice if you soak it for a day and then put in a salad when putting it in a salad it pretty much falls appart in nyour hands if you rip the leaves iff then just pull the rest appart and eat... thats the best advice i can give you
2006-08-14 22:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by Red or Dead 2006 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋