Re: [CH] Broccoli
John Benz Fentner, Jr. (johnfentner@attbi.com)
Wed, 19 Dec 2001 18:03:44 -0500
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
Lemon!! And Garlic!!...you forgot the garlic to scare the vampires away.
Steamed broccoli, butter, lemon, lotsa garlic and hab powder...call it
Broccoli de Buffy.
JB "o"o===="
Works on Cauliflower too:
Cauliflower de Spike