How to eat artichokes

In France, freshly steamed artichokes are typically served with a Hollandaise sauce or raspberry vinegar. After steaming, you can also slice them in half, brush with oil or melted butter and grill on a griddle pan or barbecue. Serve with a squeeze of lemon. Don t worry, the artichoke is one of the few foods that it is both proper and polite to eat with your fingers. Artichokes can be served hot or cold. To eat, just pull out the outer petals one at a time. Dip it in your favourite sauce and pull the leaves through your teeth, removing the soft pulpy portion. Discard the remaining tough portion of the leaf. Continue this until all the petals have been removed.