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[S42N8]

I'm thinking about planting some broccoli. I heard the best times to plant it are in the spring or fall. Fall is coming up. Any advice on planting?

Yes. In the dead of winter. Plant as deep as possible; if you're nearing the earth's core, keep going. Refill with plenty of salt scattered liberally as the deep deep hole is refilled. Daily watering with Roundup is a must. When harvest approaches, add a couple gallons of gasoline and ignite from a distance.

 

[Imissedagain]

Adoption by Vegans ain't as bad as being taco filling.
Pink for the Easter parade.

 

[Bugkiller99]

Die foul thread, DIE!

 

[Grayfox]

OH MY GOD! ITS BACK!

 

[mrchick]

Hmmmm, Zombie thread about broccoli.
Brings this to mind.

 

[Chuck24]

Combine this with the pickled eggs and sardines in mustard sauce and bury it deep!

 

[Chubbo]

Depression Era food.

Perfectcircle; Pay attention now. Us older members were changing diapers before you were born. That said we were collecting S&W's before that. I don't know how to put a point across without many words. However, you are welcome to speak your piece here on the Forum. And I like broccoli. As a depression baby I learned to like all foods.

My depression era experiences were much like yours.

My folks required me to eat all food that was put on my plate, even if not my favorite kind.

They required Food to be consumed in timely fashion, and Sarcasm Wasn't tolerated.

These rules taught people of the 1930s depression era, to be frugal, tolerant, and grateful.

Many folks learned, and profited, from those rules, but about an equal number didn't.

The end results?

I like broccoli, and chuckle at Mark Twain's description of it; "broccoli is cabbage with a colledge education".

 

[snubbyfan]

 

[Patrick L]

I've grown broccoli for years. It's a good one to grown because it keeps producing after you harvest, just progressively smaller florets.

I grew cauliflower for the first time this year. A lot of work for a single head, but tasty none the less. Don't know if I'll do that again next year though.

 

[Chubbo]

Gassiverious foods.

Broccoli, a vegetable, and Dried apricots, a fruit, are the most "gassiverious" foods that I've ever ingested.

After a helping of broccoli, or dried apricots, it's necessary for me to carry ballast, like a hot air balloon, just to remain on the ground.

As a word of caution, I'd dissuade the use of those two foods together. It would be extremely difficult to predict the outcome. I fear it would be highly explosive.

I might add, that both of those foods, despite their "gassiveriousness", are just delicious.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Broccoli, a vegetable, and Dried apricots, a fruit, are the most "gassiverious" foods that I've ever ingested.

After a helping of broccoli, or dried apricots, it's necessary for me to carry ballast, like a hot air balloon, just to remain on the ground.

As a word of caution, I'd dissuade the use of those two foods together. It would be extremely difficult to predict the outcome. I fear it would be highly explosive.

I might add, that both of those foods, despite their "gassiveriousness", are just delicious.

God help you if you ever have those two together and add two hard boiled eggs to the mix !!

 

[Ruger Nut]

I looked this old thread up because I had my female friend make a broccoli casserole tonight. It was delicious!

 

[pawngal]

Broccoli cheese soup, Yum! Think I'll make some tonight.

 

[snubbyfan]

We just picked up some fresh broccoli yesterday.

 

[Nevada Ed]

Only if it comes with Crackers.

 

[Grayfox]

OMG! IT'S BACK AGAIN!

 

[S42N8]

OMG! IT'S BACK AGAIN!

And on 9/11. Draw whatever conclusions you like.

 

[Chubbo]

Turnips

A few days ago, for the first time, in a long time, my wife prepared a batch of fried turnips.

At 91+ years of age, Time has dimmed my memory, but left my sense of taste and smell intact, and those turnips renewed my memory of gasiferious / stinky vegetables.

As a result, I'd like to amend my statement, made in post #390, in this official Broccoli thread.

It's my candid belief that turnip tubers, and their green leaves, are the ultimate methane gas producing vegetable growing on this earth.


Those turnips have generated enough gas of late, that when I'm in bed, I fasten my bed clothes, to my bed to keep from floating away.


I think scientists, should research turnips as a possible source of rocket fuel, for use in future space travel.

Turnips also have a bonus benefit, they are an excellent laxative, and I'll give this caution; "Be careful of the area you're aimed at"!

I suspect that turnips were fed to the draft horse that pulled the sleigh, in the famous Budweiser beer commercial.

Pardon my turnip rant.

Chubbo