How to Cook and Eat An Artichoke

Boil the artichoke in salted water or steam them for 20-45 minutes, until tender. Don't cover the pot if boiling, or else acids in the artichoke will not be able to escape and they will turn the artichokes brown. You can also microwave them, individually wrapped in plastic, for 8-15 minutes, or put them in a pressure cooker for 20 minutes. You know it is done when you pull at a leaf and it comes away with little resistance.  Drain upside down.

Now for the best part - eating!

~ Start with the leaves closest to the base of the steamed artichoke. Pull one from the base. Holding the leaf at the pointed end, dip the broad end into mayonnaise or butter, then pull the fleshy part of the leaf between your teeth.

~ Discard the leaf. Serve the artichoke in a broad, shallow bowl and place the leaves alongside the artichoke.

~ Continue round and round the artichoke, removing one leaf at a time: dip, eat and discard.

~ Discard the papery-thin leaves closest to the heart, or gather several of them together and eat as you would a single leaf. Using your knife, scrape the choke (the fuzzy stuff) from the heart.

~ Eat your heart out. Proceed with a knife and fork. Cut the heart into bite-sized pieces, dip and eat.

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