Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/05/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I steam them, too, but I pour olive oil and garlic chunks in between the leaves so I leave them upright. This is making me hungry! Tina On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 6:49 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> wrote: > Tina: It's just the way Katya does it, so I do it, too. She steams them > rather than boiling. She makes a flat cut that chops off most of the the > thorny leaf tips, then she stands them in the pot upside down so the steam > goes directly up into the leaves. Upside down on the plate is probably just > a carryover from that. > > Another interesting tidbit: Katya never had artichokes in the USSR. She > first learned about them from an Iranian woman in Boston. But she learned > to cook them from a cookbook I had when we got married. > > --Peter > > > > Interesting!! I love artichokes. Why do you put them on the plate upside > > down? Just curious. > > > > Tina > > > > > > On Tue, May 27, 2014 at 5:48 PM, Peter Klein <pklein at threshinc.com> > wrote: > > > > > This picture was not taken by me, it shows me and my wife. I thought > it > > > might give you a chuckle. > > > <https://www.flickr.com/photos/24844563 at N04/14277718255/> > > > > > > > Oly E-M5 and 20/1.7, if you care. Enjoy! > > > --Peter > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Leica Users Group. > > > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Tina Manley > > http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > -- Tina Manley http:// <http://tina-manley.artistwebsites.com/>www.tinamanley.com