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By: Claudia

Claudia — Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:21:47 +0000

this was a major fail as well for me I was pretty bummed. Like Kat, it was tough and we could barely pull the leaves off.

By: Vallee

Vallee — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 20:11:51 +0000

Loved this! Steamed artichokes with hollandaise are a long-time favorite at our house, and this was a big hit! Regarding a couple of previous questions: 1) I cooked cut side down on top of garlic and lemon slice, and then 2) I removed the choke part with a grapefruit spoon after cooking, and then nestled the garlic clove down in that space and placed the lemon slice back on top for serving. Delicious!

By: Kat

Kat — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:12:21 +0000

I made this last night, and used the cut-side-down roasting method in the written recipe (not the pictures). The recipe DID NOT work for me despite following it exactly. The artichokes were hard as rocks (despite roasting them even longer, and then trying flipping them cut-side-up) and the leaves would not pull/separate from the heart without great force. Trying to eat them, the meat would not slide off of the leaf… It was a total FAIL. We ended up steaming them after all of that and they became edible. We are now calling this recipe “Quad Cooked Chokes.” I would have been upset if I’d paid $4 per artichoke, but we got them on sale for $1.50 so the failure didn’t sting quite so much. The flavor of the lemon-oregano-garlic was really nice while I was gnawing on them, so if you want to try this I recommend going the steam route!

By: Phee

Phee — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 12:03:37 +0000

I was also confused by the directions and the photos not matching. I found another recipe and melded the two. I removed the choke before cooking and put artichokes cut side down on the garlic and lemons. I roasted them in my cast iron skillet covered with foil in the oven and we had them for dinner last night. Yum! I will definitely be making these again.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 03:42:38 +0000

If you purchase young artichokes (sometimes called baby artichokes in the grocery store) you don’t have to remove the fuzzy choke because it’s not there. It doesn’t develope unless you let it mature to an adult artichoke.

By: Bob Wold

Bob Wold — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 18:39:15 +0000

Looks great …. always looking for new ways to fix this family favorite . I will try it tonite……bob

By: Patrice

Patrice — Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:24:55 +0000

I was taught to remove the choke part before steaming or roasting unless you were steaming it whole. Regardless, this looks great! Artichokes are delish.

By: Bratfink

Bratfink — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 23:46:24 +0000

@Janice……. that cracks me up! I never thought of that! I sure do love artichokes though.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 22:49:46 +0000

Fabulous photo!

By: Janice Zimmerman

Janice Zimmerman — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 18:55:43 +0000

@Bratfink, I thought they were giant spiders…. It is a creepy kinda picture if you don’t know what you are looking at.