# Has anyone tried artichokes (steamed or roasted) served with a poached or fired egg? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 1, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398 "2019-03-01T19:54:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/1 "2019-03-01T19:54:15Z")
I was trying to see if anyone had posted a review of such a combo online, but my cursory examination was unfruitful. It seems to me that it should be a good combo; delicious artichoke leaves and hearts dipped in runny egg yolks… Anyone here ever tried something like that? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/2 "2019-03-01T20:33:02Z")
I can’t believe I just googled “fired egg.” :smack: ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/3 "2019-03-01T21:45:46Z")
Look for [Eggs Sardou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Sardou): Creamed spinach. Poached eggs. Artichoke hearts. Hollandaise sauce. I have also had omelettes stuffed with bacon, onions, and artichoke hearts, and topped with hollandaise sauce. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 11:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/4 "2019-03-01T23:15:41Z")
For a somewhat weird use of artichoke hearts, I love to put pickled ones on my tunafish sandwiches, as a replacement for pickled cucumber slices. ---
**Author:** ![Cuckoorex](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Cuckoorex](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cuckoorex)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2019, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/5 "2019-03-01T23:41:19Z")
Hah! I didn’t notice my typo until Vinyl Turnip pointed it out…! ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/6 "2019-03-02T02:07:28Z")
I pictured a crème brûlée torch… peeling off the blackened shell like the skin of a flame-roasted poblano. Probably wouldn’t work, right? ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 1:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/7 "2019-03-02T13:02:58Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Look for [Eggs Sardou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Sardou): Creamed spinach. Poached eggs. Artichoke hearts. Hollandaise sauce. > > I have also had omelettes stuffed with bacon, onions, and artichoke hearts, and topped with hollandaise sauce. I always breakfast on Eggs Sardou when I’m in NOLA, served at The CoffePot. ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/8 "2019-03-02T19:15:49Z")
A couple weeks ago we made scrambled (not fired) eggs with marinated artichoke hearts and black olives, plus some cheese. All of that vegetable flesh gave it a nice texture and I would recommend it if you’d like something a little different, though I know this isn’t exactly what you asked. Trump: You’re fired!! Eggs: Oh no! What will we do? Where will we go? Trump: I hear there are steamed and poached artichokes looking for a partner. Not my problem though! Eggs: But my son has a cracked shell! I will lose my insurance! Trump: That’s tough. You sound like loser eggs. Now beat it! ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/9 "2019-03-02T19:17:49Z")
> [@VinylTurnip](#): > > I pictured a crème brûlée torch… peeling off the blackened shell like the skin of a flame-roasted poblano. Probably wouldn’t work, right? > **[How to Roast an Egg for Passover](https://www.myrecipes.com/how-to/cooking-questions/roast-egg-passover-seder)** > > The key to roasting the egg for the Passover Seder meal is to start by hard-cooking it. If you try... ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/10 "2019-03-02T19:24:07Z")
> [@mbh](#): > > Look for [Eggs Sardou](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggs_Sardou): Creamed spinach. Poached eggs. Artichoke hearts. Hollandaise sauce. > > I have also had omelettes stuffed with bacon, onions, and artichoke hearts, and topped with hollandaise sauce. I had that at Brennan’s in New Orleans around 1980. Quite yummy. I’m sure I’ve been to a restaurant with an Eggs Benedict variation with an artichoke heart instead of Canadian bacon, but no one at the table got it so I can’t be sure. Dipping leaves in eggs doesn’t do it for me. ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/11 "2019-03-03T02:04:38Z")
Have you tried artichoke bottoms? They’re not as easily found as hearts…always canned in brine, and next to the canned hearts in the grocery if they’re there at all. No leaves, just pure meaty artichoke goodness. Put them in a shallow baking dish, beat two egg yolks with a little grated Parmesan and Gruyere and a cup of light cream with S&P to taste…pour over the chokes and bake in a 300 oven for about a half hour, just until the cheese custard is lightly set. It’s an old Parisian recipe, and it will make you pee your pants. ---
**Author:** ![Scumpup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ce73a5/32.png) [@Scumpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scumpup)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/12 "2019-03-03T18:41:04Z")
> [@Ukulele\_Ike](#): > > and it will make you pee your pants. In the good way or the bad way? ---
**Author:** ![Ukulele\_Ike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/df788c/32.png) [@Ukulele\_Ike](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ukulele_Ike)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2019, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/has-anyone-tried-artichokes-steamed-or-roasted-served-with-a-poached-or-fired-egg/830398/13 "2019-03-03T18:43:56Z")
It’s bad if you pee in your pants after eating _asparagus…_