This is one of my all time favorite meals. Clean your artichokes by running them under hot water. Turn them sideways and chop off the bottom just at the base where the steam starts (don’t chop too far up on the blossom)
Put in a pan with about 1-2 inches of water.
Add about a cup of lemon juice for 3-4 artichokes
Then shake Tabasco Sauce on it to taste. I like a lot.
Garlic salt to taste
Black pepper to taste
Bring to a boil and then a good simmer for approx 45 mins.
Turn the artichoke upside down and stick a fork in the bottom, if it slides in easily its done. Put it on a plate and let it cool off.
Serve with a small bowl with mayonnaise in it and you take a leaf off, use it like a scoop and put a tad of mayonnaise on the bottom of the leaf. Put the leaf in your mouth the curved side of the leaf up (like a spoon). About half way up the leave gently bit down – you are not trying to bite the leaf in half just grab firmly with your teeth, then pull the leaf out and your teeth will scarp the “meat” of the leaf. Do this for all the leaves.
One you eat all the outside leaves, you will get to a point where the leaves are too flimsy and no more meat. Now grab the top and bottom parts of the blossom and bend gently and take the top off the bottom. You will see the “choke” of the artichoke. This is BAD BAD BAD to eat! Take a spoon and scoop out the choke with ONE scoop of the spoon (takes practice to do it in one scoop) you through that part out and put the spoon in the sink or dishwasher right away. Now look close to make sure you got all the choke out. Then (this is the BEST part – so worth all the effort!) you can dip the bottom part of the blossom that was just above the stem in the mayonnaise and eat it! SO Yum!
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