Default User wrote in message >...
>Nancy Young wrote:
>>
>> Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > Nancy Young wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Default User wrote:
>> >
>> > > > 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.
>> > >
>> > > Put them on the scale. See which one works out more per pound.
>> >
>> > 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.
>
>
>Please reread what I said. There is only bunch broccoli (not weighed)
>and crowns (which are).
>
>Trimming the stems from bunch broccoli only means you keep less of what
>you paid for.


Tell that to the people who think beet greens are "waste".
damned purple juice all over my hands!

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