Brocolli Vs Asparagus
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If you have a garden plant a patch of asparagus. You will be rewarded with lovely fresh cut asparagus for the next 20-30 years!! There is nothing like asparagus straight from the garden! And the price can't be beaten :-)0
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My grandparents had asparagus growing wild throughout their farm. My grandmother loved to make cream of asparagus soup and never was there anything better!0
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kommodevaran wrote: »atypicalsmith wrote: »callsitlikeiseeit wrote: »why do you eat the same thing every day for 2 meals? that sounds awful LOL
anyways, eat what you like. i dont like broccoli when its cooked. ill have raw for a snack sometimes, but you will never ever see me eat it cooked. i eat asparagus all the time.
It's not so awful if you're eating foods that you like, and it makes logging in a lot easier. My breakfast is almost always the same, and every day either for lunch or supper I eat the same thing. Yes, I would much rather eat out in a restaurant and order two eggs over easy, hash browns with onions, buttered toast, and a tall glass of orange juice. Instead, I drink a cup of V8 and Greek yogurt and maybe a banana. Maybe! When I get on the scales or can put on a shirt that didn't fit me five years ago, I'm happier than eating the 1,500 calorie breakfast.
What a lovely little false dilemma.
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Out of season produce tends to be rather expensive here in the Midwest. Asparagus is a rare treat in the winter months for us, but in spring/summer it's cheap as hell so we eat tons of it. It also seems to be easier when it's in season to get the thinner stalks instead of the thick branches that show up around November.
Don't shy away from the thick stalks. Just peel them if you think the "skin" is too fibrous.
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neanderthin wrote: »
Basically yes. They are starved for nutrients and get thinner. I have an asparagus farm a few km's away were I go pretty much everyday during the season and buy for the restaurant. Anyway asparagus have really weird root systems and on the peripheral of that root system you'll find thin stalks....it helps you see in the field were a particular root system is getting thin but near the end of the season the earth is pretty much done considering asparagus can be cultivated a few times a day....you can literally see it growing, it's kinda weird, anyway when all the asparagus is getting thin, it's all over but the crying.....can't even use it for a decent soup. The season is getting close and I'm pretty excited and it's really the first crop for us, so there is that too. The thicker stalks are the best crop and much much tastier. It's the thicker stalks you want.
I didn't know that. I prefer medium to thicker asparagus.neanderthin wrote: »
The thin stalks indicates the asparagus season is over.
Out of season produce tends to be rather expensive here in the Midwest. Asparagus is a rare treat in the winter months for us, but in spring/summer it's cheap as hell so we eat tons of it. It also seems to be easier when it's in season to get the thinner stalks instead of the thick branches that show up around November.
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I have no idea why you would choose either asparagus OR broccoli. Eat both? Seperatly or together?
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neanderthin wrote: »
The thin stalks indicates the asparagus season is over.
Out of season produce tends to be rather expensive here in the Midwest. Asparagus is a rare treat in the winter months for us, but in spring/summer it's cheap as hell so we eat tons of it. It also seems to be easier when it's in season to get the thinner stalks instead of the thick branches that show up around November.
That is really weird - I was just at the grocery store, and all of the asparagus they has was the thin kind. Two months ago it was all thick, fibrous stalks that I dislike, especially at a premium price.
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Asparagus was on sale this week, so I bought some because of this thread.0
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I just had asparagus with dinner tonight, it was tasty! But I like broccoli too. Will probably have broccoli with dinner tomorrow.0
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Yeah, here too, pencil thin......I pass on those. Even the thicker stalks from Peru or Mexico still are nowhere near what your going to experience locally, try and find a farm f you can. Cut the bottom 2" off and then peel lightly from just under the top down to the bottom, give that a try.neanderthin wrote: »
The thin stalks indicates the asparagus season is over.
Out of season produce tends to be rather expensive here in the Midwest. Asparagus is a rare treat in the winter months for us, but in spring/summer it's cheap as hell so we eat tons of it. It also seems to be easier when it's in season to get the thinner stalks instead of the thick branches that show up around November.
That is really weird - I was just at the grocery store, and all of the asparagus they has was the thin kind. Two months ago it was all thick, fibrous stalks that I dislike, especially at a premium price.
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I love broccoli, but will only eat asparagus if I'm at someone's house and they are serving it.
When I'm looking for nutrition info, especially comparisons, I use nutritiondata.com
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DC_TheDrivah1 wrote: »2 of my daily meals are chicken breast with a little over a cup of brocolli. I see a lot of ppl eat asparagus and was wondering if there's much of a nutritional difference or is it mostly a 'preference' thing? Any alternatives to brocolli out there? I don't mind it, but just incase I'd want to mix it up a bit. Thanks.
For me it is a question of budget. Yesterday at the store a pound of broccoli was 13.- Mexican Pesos and a pound of Asparagus was 185.- the first is just under a dollar and the second is around 12.- dollars a pound and is usually limp and woody and comes in less than pencil thin stalks. Since all vegetables are healthy, I usually go with the cheaper ones, unless it's a special occasion and even then it won't be asparagus, because it's shipped in from abroad and I am not going to pay just for the carbon imprint.
And alternatives to broccoli ? I would say any non-starchy vegetable you chose. Broccoli is part of the cabbage family and choosing other vegetables from that group like: cauliflower, cabbage, garden cress, bok choy, brussels sprouts and similar green leaf vegetable is about as close as you come.
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BROCCOLI RULES!!!! Broccoli farmers of America, I salute you!
105 lbs. lost in 1 year. I changed my poor eating behavior by replacing "junk food" with broccoli. I eat it every day, without fail. 6 crowns per week. I blanch it and keep it in the fridge in containers. When I want to snack on a bag of chips, I snack on florets instead. This has worked for me. I have 21 lbs. left to lose. Broccoli will always be my friend! I wonder if Ben & Jerry's would consider making a new flavor...
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I love both and have raw broccoli and cauliflower for lunch everyday, and when asparagus is on sale I definitely buy it! Though, not a fan of the asparagus pee.
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You all can have mine. I have tried many, many times to like broccoli and it remains a foul foodstuff in my eyes. Seriously. Looks like little Dr. Seuss trees.0
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I recently had some fantastic grilled asparagus at Outback. I actually preferred that over my steak. I was stunned. I do prefer asparagus over broccoli, though. Here in Florida, all I ever see is the pencil thin kind.0
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