SMOKED ARTICHOKES

If you love artichokes, you'll really LOVE these Smoked Chokes!

SMOKED ARTICHOKES  -- co-authored by the Old Feller sitting next to me as we drive to Thatcher

SKILL LEVEL:  Beginner

PREP TIME:  10 MINUTES

COOKING TIME:  Varies by water content.

INGREDIENTS: 

·         5 nice sized artichokes

·         Enough water to  give you a false sense of security

 EQUIPMENT NEEDED:

·         Good sized spaghetti pot with pasta insert

·         Sharp knife

·         Timer . . . . oh just forget the timer, you don’t really need one

DIRECTIONS (TO BE FOLLOWED CAREFULLY!):

·                    1- Check your smoke detector battery.

·        2- Trim stems flush with the bottom of the chokes.

·        3- Trim off the prickly tops of the leaves if you want to look like you have some class or are short band-aids.

·         4- Place chokes into the pasta insert.

·         5- Place insert into the pot.

·         6- Fill pot with enough water to just barely come up to the bottom of the insert.

·         7- Put it on a very hot burner so that it will come to a boil very quickly.

·         8- Turn on General Conference because it is just starting.

·         9- Notice that it is a really good speaker that you like a lot.

·        10- Sneak into the family room where you can hear better, but “just for a minute”.

·        11- Get engrossed in the talk . . . .

·        12- Sit down on a nice big comfy chair & half.

·        13- Settle into that nice comfy chair & half.

·        14- Lay back on a couple of nice soft pillows in that nice comfy chair & half.

·         15- Relax, while listening to the next talk in General Conference, this step is vital you understand.

·         16- Now just relax . . . . relax . . . . .  relax . . . enjoy those wonderful talks . . . . relax  some more . . .

·         17- Don’t worry about a thing . . . . you will know when to go and check those darned old chokes by the strange popping coming from the kitchen.

HOW TO TELL IF THE CHOKES ARE DONE OR NOT – remember, timing is every thing

    1- This will be determined by how sensitive your smoke detector is or how loudly your dry pot is popping.

    2- Best served with the outermost leaves removed  .  .  . . . unless you really like smoked foods!

And yes, you can burn water, though I must admit, it is a gift . . . . . that not everyone possesses . . . . . aren't you glad . . .





As usual, I dipped mine in my wonderful butter sauce.  The recipe is HERE.

Real smoked artichokes, done on the grill are found HERE.  Well, I can't link you over to how to really make these in a way that is to die for because it seems I never got it posted!  I will have to do that later today while my paint is drying.  I do have some great pics for it and everything.  Makes me wonder how many other posts I never got on my food blog!  Trust me on this, they are excellente!

The bad news:  My faithful spaghetti pot is now in the bottom of our dumpster.  If you know me, you will know that is very BAD news.  It now has several pin holes in the bottom of it, all around the extra thick layer that makes it so nice to simmer foods in it, like I should have been doing that day.  The day that I sat back in the big old chair & half and relaxed, relaxed  . . . . .  relaxed . . .  .