For fresh-from-the-garden broccoli, soak in cold heavily salted water for 30 minutes to draw out any insects and clean the broccoli. Rinse in clean cold water.
For broccoli bought from a store or produce supplier, rinse thoroughly in cold water.
You dont peel a broccoli you just got off the trees and then cook them
Rainwater dissolving pesticides when running off farm-land is the main cause.
Broccolini is a hybrid of broccoli and Chinese kale. Sprouting broccoli is the side shoots of the broccoli plant ,which grow after the main head has been taken off.
Farmers and gardeners spray pesticides on various plants, and when it rains, some of the pesticide washes off and is carried away by any run-off, which eventually drains into streams and rivers.
you could get really sick.
Tweezers.Pesticides were invented for a reason.
Pesticides run off from farm fields.
Many different types of situations could have run-offs of pesticides. Most of these are found on farms when they are sprayed to reduce the amounts of insects in the soil.
The broccoli is white inside because of fungus. This is usually considered a defect, which should be returned or discarded depending on how far up the white is in the broccoli. The most common place to find it is inside the stems, which can easily be cut off.
Some of the pesticides sprayed on farm crops wash off in the rain and get into the waterways. The water plants absorb the pesticides.
Some dishes that use broccoli as an ingredient are cheesy broccoli casserole, broccoli salad, cream of broccoli soup, beef and broccoli stir fry and broccoli cheese soup.
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