• bdot@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    broccoli is like anal sex… if you’re forced to have it as a kid, you’re not gonna like it as an adult

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    15 hours ago

    Broccoli tossed in olive oil, cooked in an air fryer until crispy and then sprinkled with course salt. Delicious 👌🏼

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      25 minutes ago

      I thought broccoli only got softer when cooked. Does this work if you don’t have an air fryer and you fry it in a pan?

      Now I’m wondering what would it would taste like to marinade broccoli in butter and garlic then took them out and put them in a dehydrator to make them into chips

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        49 minutes ago

        Just cut into bite size pieces, toss it in oil, salt and pepper it, put it on a baking sheet and roast at 425 for around 20 minutes. Don’t fry it in a pan. It will be delicious

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      11 hours ago

      So going to try that!

      My recent go to ( not broccoli though) is toss some fresh spinach in a pan with oil and hit it with lemon pepper seasoning and a little lemon juice.

      Takes like 5 including prep if you don’t mind the stalks.

    • LifeInMultipleChoice@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      2 hours ago

      Broccoli, cauliflower, and green beans we (brother and I) were always fine with as kids. It was the asparagus and spinach I never cared for as a kid. Turned out it wanst the spinach’s fault, my mother would just buy bags of frozen spinach, put it in a microwave safe container and turn it on. So if tasted bad. As I learned to cook I started to like it as I actually used it in other ways. Asparagus though… I rarely give a chance, and usually if I do I’m trying it in bacon freeze which defeats the purpose of eating a vegetable I feel.

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    21 hours ago

    The “kids don’t like broccoli” has a scientific reason. Kids have a lot more receptors for aromas tasting bitter (10 to 15k different chemical compounds taste bitter to them) which reduce to 5k or less when growing up. So some types of food that adults can eat without problems because they lack the receptors have bitter and vile flavours for kids.

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    15 hours ago

    My theory on this is that some of the hate for a lot of vegetables comes from either eating canned ones or poorly cooked ones. My girlfriend didn’t know she liked green beans until she started living with my family and my father made her some. My dad sautéed the in butter with garlic, and she only had ever had those extremely mushy canned ones and had concluded on that basis she hated green beans.

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    18 hours ago

    Broccoli rules, one of my favorite veggies, along with carrots and fresh green beans.

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    24 hours ago

    Fun Fact, if broccoli kinda tastes like soap to you, congratulations! You have a gene variation that makes certain bitter flavors taste like soap, it’s stronger in childhood (which is potentially why “Kids hate broccoli” trope is a thing) and tends to fade into adulthood, but not always.

    There are also studies being done to figure out specifically which compounds in broccoli make it taste like that to cultivate it out to encourage more broccoli consumption

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      I hate having this gene variant, so many things taste bad. People judge you, it’s hard to order at restaurants, etc.

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      22 hours ago

      Glad to see some scientific stuff under a “I would fuck his mom for serving broccoli” content.

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      16 hours ago

      Are you saying that I might stop hating coriander when I retire? But I really like broccoli, so maybe it’s a different kind of soap gene…

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    1 day ago

    Broccoli and cheese is awesome. Other preparations like steamed are not as delicious, but ymmv.

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      20 hours ago

      Steamed broccoli with a little soy sauce & Sriracha is one of my absolute favorite snacks. Cauliflower, too. I’m gonna go make some.

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      23 hours ago

      Steamed is my default method of cooking broccoli.

      I cut the stalk up for soup and pasta. Then I lightly steam the florets and I like it.

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      22 hours ago

      In almost all cases, I frankly detest steamed vegetables. Probably due to my grandmother steaming the absolute piss out of ANY vegetable when we visited. My mother didn’t overcook them nearly as bad, but to this day I just don’t enjoy the flavor of any vegetable steamed nearly as much as I do roasted in the oven. High heat + short time + delicious, crisp, lightly charred goodness