Re: You've always wanted to know... useless information thread
Posted: Tue Jun 09, 2020 7:54 am
Love the broc. Just don’t overcook it.
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I have no idea what prompted you to make a post on broccoli......but this post has my enthusiastic endorsement.Nigel wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:39 am The History of Broccoli
As far as vegetables are concerned, broccoli is a bit divisive–people either love it or hate it, but its history as a preferred source of food and nutrition has existed since the Roman Empire.
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No matter which variety you get, broccoli is rich in calcium and has anti-oxidant properties which help prevent some forms of cancer. The same sulfur that can cause gas from over-cooked broccoli also has beneficial antiviral and antibiotic properties.
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If the stems are fresh - they often are even better as the flower tips can dry out. I tend to eat broccoli just like other vegetables - uncooked or even just barely cooked. But I may try the oven roasting - sounds great!ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:19 pm great post! i make it 2x a week. just roast in the oven with olive oil & salt. i like it charred and crispy.
for years i tossed the stems. then one day, about 2012 or so, i cut the stems into fingers and they are just delicious. didnt know i was wasting them.
can't believe i spent years wasting it...RedFromMI wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:27 amIf the stems are fresh - they often are even better as the flower tips can dry out. I tend to eat broccoli just like other vegetables - uncooked or even just barely cooked. But I may try the oven roasting - sounds great!ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:19 pm great post! i make it 2x a week. just roast in the oven with olive oil & salt. i like it charred and crispy.
for years i tossed the stems. then one day, about 2012 or so, i cut the stems into fingers and they are just delicious. didnt know i was wasting them.
I actually don't mind charred at all - as long as it is not 100% charcoal...ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:34 amcan't believe i spent years wasting it...RedFromMI wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:27 amIf the stems are fresh - they often are even better as the flower tips can dry out. I tend to eat broccoli just like other vegetables - uncooked or even just barely cooked. But I may try the oven roasting - sounds great!ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 10:19 pm great post! i make it 2x a week. just roast in the oven with olive oil & salt. i like it charred and crispy.
for years i tossed the stems. then one day, about 2012 or so, i cut the stems into fingers and they are just delicious. didnt know i was wasting them.
all i do is cut the florets, salt and olive oil, roast in a pan 40min at 400' (last few min you should broil). same for the stems. caution! they will be charred!
(insert joke about it's all Greek to me)The most likely suggestion is that it comes from a monogram made of the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus.
In Greek, “Jesus” is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in uppercase letters and Ἰησοῦς in lower. The first three letters (iota, eta, and sigma) form a monogram, or graphic symbol, written as either IHS or IHC in Latin letters.
The Greek transliterated to English is Iesous (think Yay souce for pronunciation due to the eta being a long e). Greek form of Hebrew Yeshua or Y'shua which is related to Joshua as well.ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:44 pm Jesus H. Christ!
But what does this mean???
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2019 ... hrist.html
(insert joke about it's all Greek to me)The most likely suggestion is that it comes from a monogram made of the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus.
In Greek, “Jesus” is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in uppercase letters and Ἰησοῦς in lower. The first three letters (iota, eta, and sigma) form a monogram, or graphic symbol, written as either IHS or IHC in Latin letters.
Now You Know.
I’ve been wondering what IHS meant on many of the headstones I see at an old German cemetery I walk through. NIK.ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Mon Jun 15, 2020 8:44 pm Jesus H. Christ!
But what does this mean???
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2019 ... hrist.html
(insert joke about it's all Greek to me)The most likely suggestion is that it comes from a monogram made of the first three letters of the Greek name for Jesus.
In Greek, “Jesus” is ΙΗΣΟΥΣ in uppercase letters and Ἰησοῦς in lower. The first three letters (iota, eta, and sigma) form a monogram, or graphic symbol, written as either IHS or IHC in Latin letters.
Now You Know.
so that's it, they just climb well. like cats.A 'Cat burglar' is a burglar who enters buildings by extraordinarily skilful feats of climbing.
now you know.Searches for the term 'cat burglar' turn up only a few hits prior to 1907 and these are all to stories of people who have stolen a cat or of a cat itself being found to be the culprit when something had gone missing.
I think this video will attest to that last part.ChairmanOfTheBoard wrote: ↑Wed Jul 01, 2020 4:53 pm what exactly is a cat burglar???
https://www.phrases.org.uk/meanings/cat ... 20jail.%5D
so that's it, they just climb well. like cats.A 'Cat burglar' is a burglar who enters buildings by extraordinarily skilful feats of climbing.
but could it be that they actually steal felines???
now you know.Searches for the term 'cat burglar' turn up only a few hits prior to 1907 and these are all to stories of people who have stolen a cat or of a cat itself being found to be the culprit when something had gone missing.
a fan wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 8:19 pmI have no idea what prompted you to make a post on broccoli......but this post has my enthusiastic endorsement.Nigel wrote: ↑Tue Jun 09, 2020 1:39 am The History of Broccoli
As far as vegetables are concerned, broccoli is a bit divisive–people either love it or hate it, but its history as a preferred source of food and nutrition has existed since the Roman Empire.
(snip)
No matter which variety you get, broccoli is rich in calcium and has anti-oxidant properties which help prevent some forms of cancer. The same sulfur that can cause gas from over-cooked broccoli also has beneficial antiviral and antibiotic properties.
NYK