Re: [CH] Broccoli
Chet Bacon (chet@chetbacon.com)
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 16:56:14 -0500
And a dash of HOT pepper flakes to make them interesting!
mstevens@exit109.com wrote:
> At 02:50 PM 12/19/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >I do enjoy quite a number of raw veggies and I think that the reason for the
> >recent trend towards raw veggies is that they are supposed to retain more of
> >their vitamin and mineral contents, since prolonged boiling will destroy or
> >leach out those things.
>
> Yeah, I've heard these "supposed to" claims also, and in many cases this is
> true. There are exceptions tho... Cruciferous veggies such as broccoli,
> cauliflour and cabbage require a minimum amount of cooking to break down the
> cell walls and allow vitamins and minerals to be more easily digested. They
> then must be slathered with goodly amounts of sweet butter to help lubricate
> their way thru the digestive tract, and need a healthy grinding of black pepper
> to stimulate digestion and a gurgle of good red wine to get the blood flowing
> in and around the stomach...
>
> Well, OK I made that last stuff up. Sort of...
>
> =Mark
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