"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> The other reason is called "presentation". But then again maybe you don't
> care how your food looks. If I'm serving artichokes to my family I don't
> want to say oh, you'll have to scrape out the choke because I didn't
> bother.

I was taught how to make artichokes by my ex mil. She snipped the tips of
the leave, those little barbs really hurt. But she didn't take out the
choke.
Okay by me, I don't take it out either, I just scrape it off the heart when
I
get that far eating it.

I'm getting a craving, are they coming into season soon? I know they are
big at Easter with Italians.

nancy