Re: 🎶 Get in That Kitchen and Rattle Those Pot and Pans 🎶 2/19/2025

songbird wrote:

ItsJoanNotJoAnn wrote:

On Thu, 20 Feb 2025 3:55:11 +0000, songbird wrote:

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A baked potato
will accompany this meal along with a bag of frozen broccoli
cooked until tender crisp.  That will be topped with melted
cheese.

 
  tender crisp?  intesting choice of words.  not sure i
would be able to apply that to frozen broc.

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Yes, it's cooked but not cooked to mush as many people do
when cooking broccoli.  It's not raw, but a bit of resistance
when picked up with a fork.  It has a bit of chew and not
the consistency of baby food.

 
  to me that would be from frozen to just warmed up otherwise
mushy.  i would rather eat it raw, but can eat it even if
mushed, often it comes that way in soups.
 
 
  songbird

One of the reasons we like Gai Lan over astual broccoli, is the leaves
(tops are leaves) work well in many applications and have a mild
broccoli flavor but can be swapped with spinach many times and lasts
longer than spinach.  The stems are what you get it for mostly, great
in stir fry.  No need to peel stems.