How do you deal with artichokes?
I just had them for the first time in my life (I tried the jarred stuff once when I was a kid and I had zero interest in it), because I bought a salad dressing with artichoke in it, and it was quite good and refreshing.
I have just been doing the standard 'get rid of loose leaves and cut 1/3 of the top off", then bake in a aluminum foil ball with oil, salt, garlic after its been ruffled up a little. The cook times are excessive (1 hour 30 minutes) at high temperatures (IIRC 425F).
I got 4 of these things and 2/3 came out decent with 1 of them getting a little burned (there was too many outer layers that were too crispy to pull the flesh off of).
It is certainly interesting to eat but it seems hard to incorporate into a meal, it seems more like a late night snack or something. I have tried one of them with lemon. The amount of edible material is kinda variable, it needs a backup side dish in case it under performs.
I have one left over right now that needs to be cooked, and I do not have aluminum foil left over. Does anyone have a preferred alternative method (hopefully to implement tonight?)