[Sca-cooks] Baby Artichokes, recipe request

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Also sprach Louise Smithson:
>Sometimes Kroger comes through.
>I went to the store yesterday and I picked up 24 baby artichokes for a
>mere $3.  Only problem is, what on earth do I do with this great bounty.
>  I am toying with the idea of preserving some, but any recipes, period
>or not, would be really welcome, especially as they are on sale till the
>end of the week.
>Helewyse

In addition to all the things you'd normally do with large, globe
artichokes, they're also good deep-fried, trimmed a bit as for other
uses. (You quarter them and remove the "choke".) You can trim them
radically, almost down to hearts, and batter-dip and fry them, as is
sometimes done with an Italian frito misto, or just fry them like
potato chips.

Also good sauteed with garlic and butter or olive oil, again,
properly trimmed of stem, tough leaf tips and the "choke". I suppose
they could also be eaten with hollandaise sauce, mayonnaise, or
aioli, like larger artichokes, but they're kind of small for that
kind of presentation. Generally you don't expect to eat these
leaf-by-leaf, as with larger artichokes.

Adamantius