# Help-I've Been Given a Case of Artichokes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 1, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981 "2011-06-01T17:07:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralph124c](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8797f3/32.png) [@ralph124c](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ralph124c)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/1 "2011-06-01T17:07:29Z")
What do I do with them? Should I discard the leaves and just cook the hearts? Advice needed! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/2 "2011-06-01T17:39:49Z")
I had a case of artichokes once, but antibiotics cleared it right up. You can cook the artichokes whole and serve them with drawn butter. You eat the leaves and the hearts. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/3 "2011-06-01T17:44:55Z")
Always wondered what the first person was thinking when they first thought of eating an artichoke. Whatever the case I’m definitely a fan. I would steam them about 3/4’s of the way and then cut in half and finish on the grill. Dipping the leaves in aioli until you reach the heart. Or, clean (cut) the leaves off and steam the hearts until done. Then stuff them with any number of things… [spinach… a duxelle mixture (about 29 seconds in)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7mtEoMFJ60)… crab meat and hollandaise, etc etc. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2011, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/4 "2011-06-01T22:48:02Z")
If you don’t want it, Ill gladly take it off your hands =) try this: [artichokes with lemon and garlic](http://svkitchen.com/?p=29) I know it says to do it in a sous vide, but you can dump it all into a casserole and bake it. There are a lot of ways you can enjoy artichokes, I envy you. ---
**Author:** ![Lukeinva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lukeinva/32/17872_2.png) [@Lukeinva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lukeinva)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/5 "2011-06-02T00:43:18Z")
Another bonus of those artichokes is that they are one of, if not the most fibrous vegetable there is. ---
**Author:** ![Harmonious\_Discord](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/74df32/32.png) [@Harmonious\_Discord](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Harmonious_Discord)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/6 "2011-06-02T02:48:00Z")
You could use them for a white elephant exchange. ---
**Author:** ![Darryl\_Lict](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7cd45c/32.png) [@Darryl\_Lict](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darryl_Lict)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/7 "2011-06-02T03:11:07Z")
I’ve never tried it but this [article](http://homecooking.about.com/od/foodstorage/a/artichokestore.htm) says that you can freeze them after cooking them. > [@](#): > > Artichokes must be cooked before freezing. If you freeze them raw, they will turn brown as well as suffer in taste and texture. To freeze whole cooked artichokes for later use, drain completely, wrap tightly in foil and pack in plastic freezer bags or other airtight container for 6 to 8 months at 0 degrees F. ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 7:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/8 "2011-06-02T07:22:08Z")
I’ll be right over, with butter and garlic and parmesan cheese. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 7:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/9 "2011-06-02T07:40:57Z")
> [@Lynn\_Bodoni](#): > > I’ll be right over, with butter and garlic and parmesan cheese. Cheese!? You heathen. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/10 "2011-06-02T07:42:35Z")
You have clearly never eaten an artichoke the proper way. ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/11 "2011-06-02T08:36:04Z")
Marinate them. I could eat a case of marinated artichokes. Although I will admit when they’re cooked, I only enjoy the hearts. The leaves seem brittle. ---
**Author:** ![devilsknew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@devilsknew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/devilsknew)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 8:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/12 "2011-06-02T08:36:32Z")
I hear Roman Jews do a mean artichoke. ---
**Author:** ![HawksPath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/f07891/32.png) [@HawksPath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HawksPath)\ **Post date:** [June 2, 2011, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-ive-been-given-a-case-of-artichokes/583981/13 "2011-06-02T16:55:15Z")
For a tasty and healthy alternative to butter or oil dips, balsamic or apple sider vinegar tastes great on the leaves.