# Help me grill an artichoke **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 17, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115 "2006-06-17T23:14:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/1 "2006-06-17T23:14:47Z")
I have a mind to grill an artichoke, on a gas grill, (about 400º) tomorrow night. Does anyone have any recipes for cooking artichokes on a grill? I’m not a big fan of using foil, but I prefer it to burnt vegetable matter, especially since it gets stuck to grill and the taste gets in to everything else. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2006, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/2 "2006-06-17T23:23:36Z")
Get a light you can point in its face, dress up as a Nazi, smoke a cigarette, lean in close to its face and … - :: snaps back to reality ::\* Sorry 'bout that ---
**Author:** ![Snooooopy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee7513/32.png) [@Snooooopy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snooooopy)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2006, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/3 "2006-06-18T03:14:26Z")
> [@NoClueBoy](#): > > Get a light you can point in its face, dress up as a Nazi, smoke a cigarette, lean in close to its face and … > > - > > :: snaps back to reality ::\* > > Sorry 'bout that Yes, that’ll let you know if it has any heart or not. ---
**Author:** ![ouryL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ouryl/32/6067_2.png) [@ouryL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ouryL)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2006, 7:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/4 "2006-06-18T07:30:04Z")
However, smoked artichokes are the bomb!! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![melondeca](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b5a626/32.png) [@melondeca](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/melondeca)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2006, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/5 "2006-06-18T14:30:56Z")
Emeril Lagasse and Bobby Flay both have recipes for grilled artichokes on the Food Network site. Both say to steam them before grilling. ---
**Author:** ![AncientHumanoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ancienthumanoid/32/278_2.png) [@AncientHumanoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AncientHumanoid)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2006, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/6 "2006-06-18T14:37:13Z")
> [@melondeca](#): > > Both say to steam them before grilling. By insulting their mothers? I’m really not helping, am I? I’ll go now… ---
**Author:** ![Dijon\_Warlock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a9a28c/32.png) [@Dijon\_Warlock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dijon_Warlock)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2006, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/7 "2006-06-18T14:43:07Z")
> [@ouryL](#): > > However, smoked artichokes are the bomb!! 😃 _cough_ That’s not artichokes…_cough_…got any nachos? (We’re no help at all, are we?) ::cues In-a-Gadda-Da-Vida:: ---
**Author:** ![saoirse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@saoirse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saoirse)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2006, 6:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/help-me-grill-an-artichoke/361115/8 "2006-06-19T06:33:43Z")
Well, I didn’t find the recipe in time. Maybe next week. In the meantine, I still have chicken artichoke soup, some pasta with a scallop and artichoke marinara, and a couple artichoke sandwiches with cheese an tomato. Maybe next week.