Broccoli's a wonder veg

JONJO THE MISER · 31-07-2013 05:52AM #1

Good news finally, because it is my favourite veg, i actually eat it with my dinner 5-6 times a week, i love it.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-2381709/Broccolis-wonder-veg--know-Chemical-food-helps-maintain-batteries-power-bodys-cells.html

5uspect · 31-07-2013 06:01AM

Oh look, the Daily Mail is making health claims again.

stampydmonkey · 31-07-2013 06:04AM

Broccoli, bit of HP sauce..delish

JONJO THE MISER · 31-07-2013 06:16AM

I actually never got why people dont like broccoli

Rabies · 31-07-2013 06:21AM

If the Daily Mail was told a veg was full of glucobullshitoo, it would prob run that story too.

Tornaxx · 31-07-2013 06:51AM

I think people don't like broccoli because it's an awkward and ugly looking vegetable. I've eaten it twice this week, but only because first I mutilated it in a blender with other equally ugly vegetables but saved it with chillis to make an utterly magnificent soup (and not because of this story).

hardCopy · 31-07-2013 07:04AM

JONJO THE MISER wrote: »

I actually never got why people dont like broccoli

I don't like it because it tastes like broccoli

Dozen Wicked Words · 31-07-2013 07:06AM

Next week's headline will be it causes cancer, probably due to illegal immigration and the BBC.

martinedwards · 31-07-2013 07:08AM

But Princess Di touched it in a dream, and now it's a wonder food.....

31-07-2013 07:12AM

Ah yes. The Daily Mails ongoing mission to split the entire world into things that cause cancer and things that cure it. Sometimes putting things into BOTH categories - such as coffee.

Pherekydes · 31-07-2013 07:13AM

Tomorrow in the Daily Mail:

"Cruciferous Vegetables found to cause Cancer"

ButtersSuki · 31-07-2013 07:15AM

Hmmmm, real dilemma now. Love Broccoli, hate the Daily Mail. What will I do?

Aglomerado · 31-07-2013 07:18AM

5uspect wrote: »

Oh look, the Daily Mail is making health claims again.

The Daily Mail, up there with the BMJ and the Lancet.

With added Hitler.

(I love broccoli though.)

Banjo String · 31-07-2013 07:26AM

Broccoli is a superfood.

I thought everyone knew that.

http://www.menshealth.co.uk/_mobile/food-nutrition/superfoods/a-beginners-guide-to-superfood-broccoli

Sir Humphrey Appleby · 31-07-2013 07:28AM

FFS, the brocolli was doing fine on its own , minding its own business, and then the Dail Mail had to go and do an exclusive expóse!
Apparently the Daily Mail are planning a story for tomorrow on how Calabrese is not only cancerous, it is also underming the morality of young children!:D

kylith · 31-07-2013 07:31AM

Love broccoli... steamed, covered in butter.... mmmmmm, nom.

MugMugs · 31-07-2013 07:33AM

Wasn't this on Corrie on Friday with Royston claiming that organic Broccoli had anti carcinogenic qualities?

Tornaxx · 31-07-2013 07:38AM

Pherekydes wrote: »

Tomorrow in the Daily Mail:

"Cruciferous Vegetables found to cause Cancer"

No, it'll be "Cruciferous Vegetables found to cause Crucifixions". It wasn't the Romans (or the Jews) after all!

Jesus!!

GalwayGuy2 · 31-07-2013 07:48AM

I can see a price raise for broccoli now.

Noxin · 31-07-2013 07:51AM

Steamed broccoli, a bit of steak and some pepper sauce...

Ohh lawd that is good!

--Kaiser-- · 31-07-2013 08:43AM

SamHall wrote: »

Broccoli is a superfood.

I thought everyone knew that.

Rubbish.

Firstly, 'superfood' is a stupid phrase.
Secondly, if one were to call any food a 'superfood' then it would be eggs or liver, two of the most nutrient dense foods there are.
(nutrition comparison betweem vegetables/fruits and liver)

it took 5 pounds and 850 calories of fruit to roughly equal the nutrition of 4 ounces and 150 calories of beef liver

Thirdly, if anyone mention acai berries as being superfoods, so help me.....

FatherLen · 31-07-2013 08:48AM

I'd rather eat toe cheese.

Hoop66 · 31-07-2013 08:51AM

Noxin wrote: »

Steamed broccoli, a bit of steak and some pepper sauce...

Ohh lawd that is good!

That's my dinner tonight, minus the pepper sauce and plus a bottle of good burgundy.

dr.bollocko · 31-07-2013 09:28AM

So broccoli is racist now?

Good. Never liked the stuff.

hoodwinked · 31-07-2013 09:29AM

ha ha

Next time your child asks why they have to eat broccoli,

except my daughter and I love brocolli, my husband won't eat it because of something he saw on South park and Family guy about brocolli being evil

anncoates · 31-07-2013 09:30AM

Broccoli is one of those vegetables that makes you think you may as well just chew on a bush in your garden instead.

force eleven · 31-07-2013 09:30AM

I used to love broccoli, then one day while eating one, a nice plump caterpillar fell from the 'tree part', dead obviously from boiling. Nice!

dr.bollocko · 31-07-2013 09:31AM

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2013/07/31/article-2381709-12917381000005DC-334_306x402.jpg

Image in the article is either begging to be photoshopped or has already been photoshopped.

Talib Fiasco · 31-07-2013 09:43AM

I wouldn't be big into broccoli now because I used it every day, several times a day when I was serious about gym and diet, but yeah it's a great vegetable... Seeing as I'm starting that routine again, I'm looking forward to getting back together...

*Forever alone*

caustic 1 · 31-07-2013 10:49AM

Jeez was beginning to wonder was it a broccoli thread or Daily Mail hater thread.

The Backwards Man · 31-07-2013 10:56AM

I love all green vegetables, love love love them. Vegetables of other colours turn my stomach though, am I weird?

BeerWolf · 31-07-2013 11:00AM

ButtersSuki wrote: »

Hmmmm, real dilemma now. Love Broccoli, hate the Daily Mail. What will I do?

Eat your broccoli and use the Daily as toilet paper later. :pac:

shruikan2553 · 31-07-2013 11:05AM

Broccoli destroys my digestive system, was farting constantly for a week last time

Sulla Felix · 31-07-2013 11:07AM

hoodwinked wrote: »

ha ha

except my daughter and I love brocolli, my husband won't eat it because of something he saw on South park and Family guy about brocolli being evil

Are you married to a child?

Hande hoche! · 31-07-2013 11:26AM

Would love a plate of General Tso's chicken.

Mr. CooL ICE · 31-07-2013 11:26AM

Never liked the stuff until I learned how to cook it nicely. At home, it was always boiled and just didn't have a nice texture, but a german friend gave me a tip which kinda works with almost any veg.

Parboil the broccoli in shallow boiling water for 2 mins (so it is not rubbery and still crunchy). Drain water and add in a big knob of butter. Cook for 5 mins and season with salt and pepper. Delicious

jester77 · 31-07-2013 11:33AM

Broccolli with almonds dripping in butter... yummmm

CrazyRabbit · 31-07-2013 03:57PM

It's lovely when you cover it with other things to hide the taste.

But that's ok as taste is not that important. I (try to) eat what's healthy. Like my lunch today in the canteen...1 piece of pork & 3 vegatables that I don't actually like.

Capt'n Midnight · 31-07-2013 10:39PM

5uspect wrote: »

Oh look, the Daily Mail is making health claims again.

This can only mean one thing ... :pac:

Broccoli gives you cancer.

http://www.theguardian.com/education/2001/sep/06/medicalscience.healthandwellbeing

Broccoli, apples, onions, oranges, strawberries, lemons and mushrooms all contain acetaldehyde, a natural by-product of oxidation and a known human carcinogen.

gg2 · 31-07-2013 10:44PM

shruikan2553 wrote: »

Broccoli destroys my digestive system, was farting constantly for a week last time

When my mum used to make it my brother would go on about "broccoli farts" all through dinner.

KKkitty · 31-07-2013 10:50PM

I love broccoli but my fella doesn't. He calls them mini trees. He may branch out a bit veg wise

Gmol · 31-07-2013 10:55PM

Steam it and butter it.

kraggy · 31-07-2013 11:14PM

I boil it for a couple of mins then swish it around a frying pan of olive oil just long enough to coat it. Delicious!

WilyCoyote · 01-08-2013 01:28AM

I eat it most days. Stem and all. Just cut an X about 1/2 in. Goes with most meat and veg. Now I know why Daily Mail haters look so washed out. We should start a Ruddy-faced Broccoli Fan Club out.

WilyCoyote · 01-08-2013 01:29AM

CrazyRabbit wrote: »

It's lovely when you cover it with other things to hide the taste.

But that's ok as taste is not that important. I (try to) eat what's healthy. Like my lunch today in the canteen...1 piece of pork & 3 vegatables that I don't actually like.

What? No lettuce?

Irish Guitarist · 01-08-2013 01:46AM

They discovered that a chemical found solely in the vegetable helps maintain the health of the tiny ‘batteries’ which power the body’s cells.

Could I eat actual batteries instead? I imagine they would taste better than broccoli.

I do like this and this, but the broccoli content is probably too low to be of any benefit.

Aglomerado · 01-08-2013 07:25AM

69c in Aldi for the next 2 weeks....yum yum

Broccoli's a wonder veg

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