tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32196802.post5583932132353387835..comments2024-03-25T14:10:00.403-04:00Comments on A Taste of Home Cooking: Recipe Swap: Big Grandma's Stuffed ArtichokesSarah - The Home Cookhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07932762716036801924noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32196802.post-31412955593280345592017-12-21T00:57:21.651-05:002017-12-21T00:57:21.651-05:00Oh yes, 100% correct! This, coming from an Italia...Oh yes, 100% correct! This, coming from an Italian woman who grew up eating baked stuffed artichokes once a year, on Christmas Eve (along with 'most' of the seven fishes). The raisins are a deal-breaker. Yep, Melissa knows - you've got all that delicious melange of flavors with the freshly made bread crumbs, raisins, garlic, pignoli nuts...and lots of good oo. If you think you've used enough, douse them one more time. So here's something - as our family has grown, we've taken culinary license with some of the traditions...well, perhaps 'updated them'. What used to be an event in my childhood when the tray of beautifully stuffed artichokes my grandmother painstakingly prepared. Those were the days! Well, now our stuffed artichokes are served as a casserole - made with all the same ingredients except we use only artichoke hearts, not the leaves, for obvious reasons.<br />It's a very close comparison. I think I loved the 'ritual' of eating my stuffed artichoke...and a foodie was born! Merry Christmas and Bon Appetite!Laineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01855843032229815707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32196802.post-15541154705925314672011-08-12T11:27:49.259-04:002011-08-12T11:27:49.259-04:00Melissa - Well darn! Not liking raisins I had no i...Melissa - Well darn! Not liking raisins I had no idea they'd add moistness. I should have asked you before I made them.Sarah - The Home Cookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07932762716036801924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32196802.post-4661788870984845442011-08-12T07:30:10.250-04:002011-08-12T07:30:10.250-04:00That's because the raisins make them more mois...That's because the raisins make them more moist! Such a key ingredient - stinks that you had to leave them out. More oil probably would have helped, too.Melissa @IWasBornToCookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01975202742115563688noreply@blogger.com