Sqwertz wrote:
> Sheldon wrote:
> > The only time I buy "fresh" broccoli is for crudites, which isn't
> > often. �Frozen is always more nutritious, most usually costs less, and
> > is far easier to prepare than so called fresh.
>
> How is frozen broccoli more nutritious? �Duh.

Because frozen produce is flash frozen in the field within an hour of
harvest. So called fresh ain't fresh at all, probably more than two
weeks old when purchased... sat out unwrapped in the bright lights of
the stupidmarket continually spritzed but not even refrigerated...
then gets home and sits in the fridge days more, till it's limp and
impotent like your puny peepee.

Canned produce is more nutritious than so called fresh.

Anyone wonder what's done with the stems that were lopped off from the
broccoli crowns, besides the fact that the consumer pays for them in
the higher price of crowns.... they're tossed in teh trash but you
paid for them. Produce people know that removing the crowns from the
stems retards bolting, so the crowns keep from flowering longer. Btw,
the broccoli leaves are the most nutritious part... most were removed
and hardly anyone eats the few remaining. Even for crudites I buy
whole broccoli, it costs less, is usually somewhat fresher than the
crowns, and the stems are used as a separate vegetable.

I've tried growing broccoli, a few times, no luck in NY climate.