Is There Better Broccoli?
This ubiquitous vegetable needs to be understood
In 1990 the first President Bush famously put down broccoli.
I do not like broccoli. And I haven’t liked it since I was a little kid and my mother made me eat it. And I’m President of the United States, and I’m not going to eat any more broccoli.
But maybe it was old or overcooked or worst of all, not seasoned with salt!
There are many ways to ruin broccoli.
For most of us, broccoli is a vegetable that is familiar and enjoyable and nutritious. We like it, and we eat a lot of it. I could easily serve a few heads to my family every week. What has made broccoli even more accessible to everyone is that it can be harvested with the help of specialized tractors and can also be cut up into bite-sized pieces by a machine. This preparation has made it inexpensive to purchase a product that is high in vitamins and fiber and ready to eat.
With most vegetables that now have year-round availability, we don’t know what they taste like when they are freshly harvested and in season.
That’s right. Broccoli has a season. And, if you pick it up on your grocers’ refrigerated produce stand, it likely has been there for too long. Food processors are much more concerned with food safety…
