It has been a tough year of gardening. It began with cold and rain rain and nothing germinating. This was followed by drought and scorching heat and nothing germinating. Then more cool weather, damaging storms and flooding. Thank the Lord for the broccoli. This is a vegetable that soldiers-on in the face of adversity.
A cooler weather crop this cruciferous vegetable is frequently scorned. This is largely a consequence of the reality that grocery store broccoli found in the produce department does not always taste great. It is OLD. It is therefore bitter.
After 3 - 4 days trucking from the west coast followed by days in a distributor’s warehouse. More days on display at the local supermarket. By the time you get it home it has lost much of the delicious natural sugars.
It’s not bad - served raw with plenty of dip or in a stir fry. But it remains sub-optimal.
I’m blessed to step out to the garden and pick some fresh for a dinner side or a snack. Blanched and flash-frozen your February stir fry will taste like August.
Garden broccoli rocks……
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