Default User wrote:
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> Nancy Young wrote:
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> > Default User wrote:
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> > > At the stores I go to, it wouldn't make any difference. Broccoli is
> > > either sold by the bunch with full stems, or crowns by the pound.
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> > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
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> I'm not sure what that has to do with it.

Well, if broccoli with the stem on is 99 cents a pound, and broccoli
with the stem off is $1.50 a pound ... if you buy the 99 cents a
pound broccoli by doing some creative trimming ... well, just buy
the $1.50 a pound stuff if it doesn't make a difference. No need
to even bring a knife and get rid of the trimmings. But you don't
think that.

nancy