12 years ago
One of my favorite meals as a child was when we would sit on the floor with a bowl of Miracle Whip and each had our own artichoke to eat. YUMMMMY! We didn't do it very often because artichokes don't go on sale very often and tend to be an expensive meal for a family of 6, so when we had it- it was always a treat.Well a few weeks ago when we picked up our bountiful basket, we were pleasantly surprised to find 3 artichokes with our vegetables.
*** Side note- for those of you that haven't hard of "bountiful basket" and wanna hear more about it I would be more than happy to pass on the info. It is amazing. You pay $15 and get a crazy amount of fruits and vegetables. Some people sign up every week, some people share their basket, and some sign up every other week (that is us :D ). Along with our artichokes we got the following in our basket (this is what I can remember anyway):
* 6 tomatoes
* Pineapple
* Cantaloupe
* Romaine lettuce
* tray of blueberries
* bag of apples
* 3 onions
* 6 or so corn on the cob
* 3 Mango's
* a few yellow squash
* 2 or 3 cucumbers
BUT back to the artichokes. BJ had only had artichokes on pizza before we were married. So I gladly taught him the fun of eating artichokes leaf by leaf with Miracle Whip, so this was the second time BJ had it but the first time for Kaylee and can I just say SHE LOVED THEM!!!!
For those that don't know the goodness of eating an artichoke leaf by leaf...let me give you the "411" on how to go about doing it at home :)
Step 1: Clean artichokes and clip of the thorn tips on each leaf. Boil artichokes for 20-40 minutes depending on the size of the artichoke. You will know it is done when you can pull off the bottom leaf and it detaches easily. 
Step 2: Dip the white end of the artichoke leaf into either melted butter or miracle whip (I like miracle whip). Tightly grip the other end of the petal. Place in mouth, dip side down, and pull through teeth to remove soft, pulpy, delicious portion of the petal. Discard remaining petal.
Continue to eat the artichoke leaf by leaf until you get to the artichoke heart (the best part!)
Step 3: Use a spoon to remove the "fuzzy" part (a.k.a the "choke") that is covering the artichoke heart.
Step 4: Dip the artichoke heart into your desired sauce and eat up! Stop eating when you get to the stem or the more bitter part.
As you can see Kaylee loved eating the artichoke and would carry it around and eat it like an ice cream cone.
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