Posted on 02/03/2025 12:04:42 PM PST by Red Badger
Instead of the War on Drugs, it has switched to the War on Foods.
The results of illegals dumping in the fields at the farms.
They go to look for jobs. Get turned away and...
Anyway, you’re supposed to boil broccoli till it’s completely soft with a little salt and butter. Kills listeria and tastes better.
Only a jackass eats it crunchy. And they get a lot of gas.
And people wonder why corporate America always promotes large-scale, processed foods, which many deem unhealthy..
The regulatory and financial risk of selling fresh salad greens or vegetables is equally as high as selling pharmaceuticals, but at 1/100th the profit. Its a crappy business.
I buy vegetables from local farmers at farm markets - which are mostly exempt from FDA rules, because they don’t leave the state and they sell de minimus $$ amounts.
So we have a two-tier food system of powerful, large Agri-producers and huge retail on one hand, and some small local farmers with limited scope on the other.
At the same time, USDA/FDA and much of Fed.gov is either de jure or de facto oppressing the small-scale farmer and supplier.
It’s 97 cents a pound at Safeway till tomorrow. Safe? Already ate some.
And before anyone lectures me about vitamins, get a coffee cup and sip the pot liquor the way you’re supposed to. It’s warm and nourishing and tastes good.
BTTT!!!
This is why I don’t eat broccoli. Though its a nearly irresistible treat anytime, I’m just too health conscious to partake.
I hope you are gonna make it! Hope you’re ok. I would miss arguing with you!
I prefer Turnip greens, mustards and collards................
I see you are a man of culture.
I like my greens with a dash of Texas Pete green peppers in vinegar.
But not spinach or Kale........yuck!............
Have it in the fridge.............
That’s the first thing on my list of Never Buy From Walmart. Don’t know why but their broccoli is always rubbery and doesn’t taste that good either.
But in any case, first rule of produce shopping is, as soon as you get it in the house, wash it like a rescued puppy!
Kale tastes like dirt. And I think it’s useful as fishing bait for women in their 20s. But I’m married and haven’t tried that.
You never disappoint!
“as soon as you get it in the house, wash it like a rescued puppy!”
Good idea. I wash with Dawn before I cook it, but not when I bring it home. My dear friend was a Director of Health for a major state, and I was surprised when she told me she used Dawn to wash her veggies and fruits, too.
I ain’t afraid of cancer... I had broccoli for lunch.
Broccoli kills cancer! A lot of people don’t know that; it’s not out yet. It’s true. You find out you got some cancer...(click) get yourself a bowl of broccoli. That’ll wipe it right out in a day or two.
Cauliflower too; cauliflower kills the really big cancers. The ones you can see through clothing from across the street.
Broccoli kills the little ones. The ones that are slowly eating you away from inside while your goofy, half-educated doctor keeps telling you, “You’re doing fine, Jim.”
In fact, bring your doctor a bowl of broccoli. He’s probably got cancer too. Probably picked it up from you. They don’t know what their doing. It’s all guesswork in a white coat.
-George Carlin
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