My local Kroger store in Colorado has been out of frozen artichoke
hearts for the last couple of months. Safeway, Wild Oats, and Whole
Foods all don't carry the product. I am wondering if anyone knows
about what is going on with the supply of frozen artichoke hearts in
the US. Are they currentyly carried at your local store?

AE Todd wrote:
> My local Kroger store in Colorado has been out of frozen artichoke
> hearts for the last couple of months. Safeway, Wild Oats, and Whole
> Foods all don't carry the product. I am wondering if anyone knows
> about what is going on with the supply of frozen artichoke hearts in
> the US. Are they currentyly carried at your local store?
>
I used to always purchase frozen ones for a lamb ragout I would make.
Few stores seemed to carry them, but I found canned (non-marinated!)
ones to be good too. Have you access to any of them? Worth a try... y'know?

On Apr 14, 7:49 pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
> AE Todd wrote:
> > My local Kroger store in Colorado has been out of frozen artichoke
> > hearts for the last couple of months. Safeway, Wild Oats, and Whole
> > Foods all don't carry the product. I am wondering if anyone knows
> > about what is going on with the supply of frozen artichoke hearts in
> > the US. Are they currentyly carried at your local store?
>
> I used to always purchase frozen ones for a lamb ragout I would make.
> Few stores seemed to carry them, but I found canned (non-marinated!)
> ones to be good too. Have you access to any of them? Worth a try... y'know?

Trader Joe's sells frozen artichoke hearts - do you have one near you?
I haven't looked for them recently in my local grocery - since I found
them at TJ's. I remember them to be more expensive at the grocery -
Birds Eye brand for maybe 3 bucks for a 10 ounce box. TJ's sells a
bag for 2 bucks- not sure how big it is though - at least a pound.

I use them in a Moroccan lamb dish ( I guess you could call it a
tagine) with peas and green olives.

-Tracy

Goomba38 wrote:
> AE Todd wrote:
>> My local Kroger store in Colorado has been out of frozen artichoke
>> hearts for the last couple of months. Safeway, Wild Oats, and Whole
>> Foods all don't carry the product. I am wondering if anyone knows
>> about what is going on with the supply of frozen artichoke hearts in
>> the US. Are they currentyly carried at your local store?
>>
> I used to always purchase frozen ones for a lamb ragout I would make.
> Few stores seemed to carry them, but I found canned (non-marinated!)
> ones to be good too. Have you access to any of them? Worth a try...
> y'know?

I looked for frozen artichoke hearts last fall and couldn't find them in the
freezer case anywhere. But I did find canned (yep, non-marinated) artichoke
hearts. I rinsed them well in a collander and they worked out just fine.

Jill

Tracy said...

> On Apr 14, 7:49 pm, Goomba38 > wrote:
>> AE Todd wrote:
>> > My local Kroger store in Colorado has been out of frozen artichoke
>> > hearts for the last couple of months. Safeway, Wild Oats, and Whole
>> > Foods all don't carry the product. I am wondering if anyone knows
>> > about what is going on with the supply of frozen artichoke hearts in
>> > the US. Are they currentyly carried at your local store?
>>
>> I used to always purchase frozen ones for a lamb ragout I would make.
>> Few stores seemed to carry them, but I found canned (non-marinated!)
>> ones to be good too. Have you access to any of them? Worth a try...
>> y'know?
>
> Trader Joe's sells frozen artichoke hearts - do you have one near you?
> I haven't looked for them recently in my local grocery - since I found
> them at TJ's. I remember them to be more expensive at the grocery -
> Birds Eye brand for maybe 3 bucks for a 10 ounce box. TJ's sells a
> bag for 2 bucks- not sure how big it is though - at least a pound.
>
> I use them in a Moroccan lamb dish ( I guess you could call it a
> tagine) with peas and green olives.
>
> -Tracy


Tracy,

I thought of Trader Joe's frozen bag of artichoke hearts too, but the
product is severely misrepresented, imho.

Most of the bag was just leaves with pulp. I had to trim the leaves off.

On regular artichoke, by the time you get down to the real heart of the
matter, there are no leaves to contend with.

Trader Joe's should be ashamed, carrying such a product.

Andy

Tracy wrote:

> Trader Joe's sells frozen artichoke hearts - do you have one near you?
> I haven't looked for them recently in my local grocery - since I found
> them at TJ's. I remember them to be more expensive at the grocery -
> Birds Eye brand for maybe 3 bucks for a 10 ounce box. TJ's sells a
> bag for 2 bucks- not sure how big it is though - at least a pound.
>
> I use them in a Moroccan lamb dish ( I guess you could call it a
> tagine) with peas and green olives.

Sadly, no TJ's near me. I manage to find either one or the other so I'm
never totally bereft of them when I need some.
They do go well with lamb, don't they?