Try It You'll Like It Method

That old saying from mom's around the world "try it you'll like it" was a familiar saying in my house as well growing up. I throw it out there every once in a while to my kids.
I had two mother's growing up telling me to try something new; and I thank God for them everyday. My Mom was thrown into the mix of things when my Dad came home with bushels and bushels of beach plums when we lived out on Ft. Hancock, NJ on that little tip of Sandy Hook. She called my Godmother up and asked her what to do with them. Marie was the Editor of Family Circle, Great Ideas at the time, and a wonderful cook still to this day. She made beach plum preserves by the way. Dad didn't stop there with his findings, Black fish one day, tomatoes from the garden, live baby chicks in a box to raise. Yes it was an interesting time growing up with the food, my Dad, Mom and Marie.

So when I pulled out of Chef Emi's hat Artichokes and Tomatoes, I was excited. One I know tomatoes, heck I am from Jersey home of the best tomatoes in the world. Artichokes were a different story. I knew how to pull them out of a jar, but have never cooked them from their natural scratch format.

Well I did a lot of research of my new found vegetable, and chose to go a little Mediterranean, a little Mid East combo. Not gonna show a picture of the final product, but if your around in "Kitchen Stadium" at TCC on Wednesday come check it out. Bring your own fork! I can tell you the kids planned to throw their noses in the air on this one taste test, but I pulled the old Mom rule and "told them to try it you'll like it."