PING: Jill: broccoli stems

Jude said:

Jill,

I was thinking about you toninght as I made my mu-shu. The recipe used
a pound of coleslaw mix, but I bought a bag of coleslaw and a bag of
broccoli slaw. Made, of course, from the stems of the broccoli.

You came to mind again as I was eating it - the broc gave it a great
flavor. Want me to e-mail you a bowlful? =)

Yes! Lol, I agree, broccoli stems has great flavor, nice for soup base.

Jude said:

Jill,

I was thinking about you toninght as I made my mu-shu. The recipe used
a pound of coleslaw mix, but I bought a bag of coleslaw and a bag of
broccoli slaw. Made, of course, from the stems of the broccoli.

You came to mind again as I was eating it - the broc gave it a great
flavor. Want me to e-mail you a bowlful? =)

Yes, please email me a bowlful! Better yet, just email me some broccoli! 😉

Jill

Jude said:

Made, of course, from the stems of the broccoli.

you ever take a paring knife and cut the heart out of the broccoli
stem?

they are super tender and mild tasting. I have even had some that
tasted almost sweet.

I also like cutting the heart out of the big stem on a head of
lettuce...
this heart is really tasty...the texture is very nice too.

You just hold the head in both hands, and whop it down on the counter
with the stem facing down...it breaks the heart loose from the
leaves...
then you can carve out the heart.

dee said:

Jude said:

Jill,

I was thinking about you toninght as I made my mu-shu. The recipe used
a pound of coleslaw mix, but I bought a bag of coleslaw and a bag of
broccoli slaw. Made, of course, from the stems of the broccoli.

You came to mind again as I was eating it - the broc gave it a great
flavor. Want me to e-mail you a bowlful? =)

Yes! Lol, I agree, broccoli stems has great flavor, nice for soup base.

After reading this thread a few days ago, and having gotten some
broccoli with stems on, I put the crowns to steam and peeled the stems,
sliced them very thin and snacked on them. No salt, no dip. Very
tasty. Sharon

Mr Zacherly Tibbs said:

you ever take a paring knife and cut the heart out of the broccoli
stem?

I also like cutting the heart out of the big stem on a head of
lettuce...

You just hold the head in both hands, and wop it down on the counter
with the stem facing down...it breaks the heart loose from the
leaves... then you can carve out the heart.

Food fiend!

biig said:

dee said:

Jude said:

Jill,

I was thinking about you toninght as I made my mu-shu. The recipe used
a pound of coleslaw mix, but I bought a bag of coleslaw and a bag of
broccoli slaw. Made, of course, from the stems of the broccoli.

You came to mind again as I was eating it - the broc gave it a great
flavor. Want me to e-mail you a bowlful? =)

Yes! Lol, I agree, broccoli stems has great flavor, nice for soup base.

After reading this thread a few days ago, and having gotten some
broccoli with stems on, I put the crowns to steam and peeled the stems,
sliced them very thin and snacked on them. No salt, no dip. Very
tasty. Sharon

For some strange reason people think you can't eat the stems and that is
probably why so many stores just have the crowns. A friend was over one
day and saw me peeling the stems and remarked that she "throws that part
away". She changed her mind after tasting them.

I have told this story here before (years ago!) but . . .
When we were in college in the 60's we had a "group" Thanksgiving
Dinner. The gal who was assigned the green vegetable decided on fresh
brocolli - but she had never eaten it before.

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

Lynn from Fargo

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I have told this story here before (years ago!) but . . .
When we were in college in the 60's we had a "group" Thanksgiving
Dinner. The gal who was assigned the green vegetable decided on fresh
brocolli - but she had never eaten it before.

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

LOL

"Lynn from Fargo" <[email hidden]> wrote

Quoted message said:

I have told this story here before (years ago!) but . . .
When we were in college in the 60's we had a "group" Thanksgiving
Dinner. The gal who was assigned the green vegetable decided on fresh
brocolli - but she had never eaten it before.

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

(giggling madly) Still a funny story. I know I'd never do anything
that silly, luckily.

nancy

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I have told this story here before (years ago!) but . . .
When we were in college in the 60's we had a "group" Thanksgiving
Dinner. The gal who was assigned the green vegetable decided on fresh
brocolli - but she had never eaten it before.

Quoted message said:

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Quoted message said:

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

In fact, the peeled stalks are the best part. A lot of people
toss them, but if you peel them (wife uses a potato peeler, I
just excise them with a knife) they're great.

I think this chick had the right idea.

Steve

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"Lynn from Fargo" <[email hidden]> wrote

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I have told this story here before (years ago!) but . . .
When we were in college in the 60's we had a "group" Thanksgiving
Dinner. The gal who was assigned the green vegetable decided on fresh
brocolli - but she had never eaten it before.

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

(giggling madly) Still a funny story. I know I'd never do anything
that silly, luckily.

Mummble,mmmble, ham, mmble, plas.....

Sorry - couldn't resist. Rob and I settled on our house a few months
before we married, so he moved in. He had never really cooked. I used to
make and freeze meals for him on the weekend, but I thought he could
handle simple things like sausages and vegies, etc. One day he decided to
make himself mashed potatoes, which he'd never made, as part of his
dinner. He started by grating raw potatoes ....

--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

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"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote

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She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Quoted message said:

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(giggling madly) Still a funny story. I know I'd never do anything
that silly, luckily.

Mummble,mmmble, ham, mmble, plas.....

(laugh)

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Sorry - couldn't resist. Rob and I settled on our house a few months
before we married, so he moved in. He had never really cooked. I used to
make and freeze meals for him on the weekend, but I thought he could
handle simple things like sausages and vegies, etc. One day he decided to
make himself mashed potatoes, which he'd never made, as part of his
dinner. He started by grating raw potatoes ....

That's funny. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Couldn't
have had a good ending.

nancy

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"Rhonda Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote

Rob and I settled on our house a few months

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before we married, so he moved in. He had never really cooked. I used
to make and freeze meals for him on the weekend, but I thought he
could handle simple things like sausages and vegies, etc. One day he
decided to make himself mashed potatoes, which he'd never made, as
part of his dinner. He started by grating raw potatoes ....

That's funny. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Couldn't
have had a good ending.

Nope - certainly didn't end in anything edible. IIRC, once he'd grated the
potatoes he couldn't work out how to turn them into anything resembling
mashed potatoes, and that's as far as it went. He had sausage sandwiches
for tea instead <g>
--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Lynn from Fargo said:

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

Live what down?

That's the BEST way to serve broccoli!

--Blair

Rhonda Anderson said:

"Nancy Young" <[email hidden]> wrote in
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"Rhonda Anderson" <[email hidden]> wrote

Rob and I settled on our house a few months

Quoted message said:

Quoted message said:

before we married, so he moved in. He had never really cooked. I used
to make and freeze meals for him on the weekend, but I thought he
could handle simple things like sausages and vegies, etc. One day he
decided to make himself mashed potatoes, which he'd never made, as
part of his dinner. He started by grating raw potatoes ....

That's funny. Seemed like a good idea at the time. Couldn't
have had a good ending.

Nope - certainly didn't end in anything edible. IIRC, once he'd grated the
potatoes he couldn't work out how to turn them into anything resembling
mashed potatoes, and that's as far as it went. He had sausage sandwiches
for tea instead <g>
--
Rhonda Anderson
Cranebrook, NSW, Australia

Lol... great memory... Make hash brown with that maybe! 🙂

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Blair P. Houghton said:

Lynn from Fargo said:

She showed up with a Tupperware bowl full of carefully peeled stalks.
She had thrown the tops away!

Although she is a better than average cook now, we have NEVER let her
live this down!

Live what down?

That's the BEST way to serve broccoli!

Generally, the stems taste better to me.

Years ago, when I first had a garden, I grew Swiss Chard. I wasn't
completely sure what to do with it. After washing it off, I cut up the
stems and put them in the bottom of a pan with a little water, and put
the cut leaves on top. I then steamed them. I was never really sure,
from the bottom of my heart, whether I was supposed to eat the stems.
The leaves seemed obvious.

Imagine my surprise upon reading that some people in France feed the
leaves to their livestock, and only eat the stems!

--
Dan Abel
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Petaluma, California, USA

Dan Abel said:

Blair P. Houghton said:

Lynn from Fargo said:

She had thrown the tops away!

That's the BEST way to serve broccoli!

Imagine my surprise upon reading that some people in France feed the
[Swiss chard] leaves to their livestock, and only eat the stems!

I only like the middle third of a stalk of bok choi, where it's half
leaf and half stem. The stem end and the leaf end don't interest me at
all.

--Blair
"I avoid eating the hides of
cloven-hooved animals, and
the shells of hens' eggs, too;
I'm such a spendthrift..."