[Sca-cooks] Re: pantry foods

[johnna holloway]

Ted Eisenstein wrote:
> >Who on g*d's green earth would actually can a potato?

> The same people who can artichoke hearts. <sigh> I have
> a friend who used to cook in one of the local eateries; they
> used canned artichoke hearts because, well, they cost less and
> were a lot easier to fix things with. > One wonders, one does.
> Alban
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Yes, but you just gotta have canned artichoke hearts to make
the standard dip of any evening for women getting together
without their husbands... which calls for canned artichoke
hearts...As to when or where it was concocted--who knows
but it's been the dip of choice for the past decade or longer.
ARTICHOKE DIP
Ingredients:
1 can    artichoke hearts
1 cup    sour cream
1 cup    mayonnaise
1/2 cup  grated Parmesan cheese

Instructions:
Preheat oven to 375F.    Mix together
sour cream, mayonnaise and Parmesan cheese.  Add artichoke hearts and
mix thoroughly.  Turn into a baking dish and bake until
done... hot and bubbly.