Originally Posted by
LapLap
They're not that small!
(Although it seems likely that whatever grill you are using has a
very wide grid/mesh/ridges)
Scraping them between your teeth whilst pulling with your fingers is what I meant - if the artichoke is cut in quarters I can't visualise how you'd get to do this satisfactorily, most of the leaves would have been cut giving you smaller and fiddlier bits to try and get purchase on (with your teeth).
Doesn't it make it more difficult?
I would only quarter it if it were gigantic---like the ones at the farmers market today (they were as big as my head...seriously)--otherwise I just cut it in half the long way----only a couple of leaves at the cut location maybe are a litttle small. the idea is to expose as much surface area as possible to the grill for smoky flavor.