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Title: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: franksolich on May 25, 2013, 04:54:31 PM: http://www.democraticunderground.com/115726099

Oh my.

Just a reminder to the cooking and baking primitives that franksolich is still watching their seditious goings-on.

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applegrove (58,452 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 01:51 AM

Broccoli salad: broccoli, bacon, almonds, peas, red onions, raisons. Am I missing anything?

Skip the almonds, peas, onion and raisons--whatever those are--and you got a winner.

And then Ugly butts in right away:

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Warpy (69,222 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 01:54 AM

1. Make sure you blanch the peas and broccoli to fix that bright green color and eliminate any bitterness (especially in the broccoli).

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applegrove (58,452 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 02:05 AM

2. Thanks. I will do that for sure. Do you have to blanch the peas if they are frozen? Can you just let them thaw?

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Warpy (69,222 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 02:12 AM

3. Frozen veg are usually blanched before freezing

Again, it's to set that vibrant green color.

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Freddie (1,425 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 06:09 AM

5. My recipe adds grapes and celery

To the broccoli, bacon, raisins and sunflower seeds (or almonds). A simple mayo-vinegar-sugar dressing. No peas. I will take the suggestion of blanching the broccoli as the raw stuff can be bitter.

Totally love the crunchy-chewy-sweet-salty blend of this stuff plus it's (kinda) healthy!

Grandma Judy's posting on the internet behind the backs of her guardians again.

She knows her children and grandchildren don't like seeing her make a laughingstock of herself.

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grasswire (36,730 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 02:58 PM

7. I love this salad too

The only problem with its popularity is taking a bowl of it to a potluck and seeing two or three other bowls there too!

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Arkansas Granny (14,668 posts) Sat May 25, 2013, 06:46 AM

6. The recipe I use calls for cheddar cheese cubes

^^^that's good, too.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: NHSparky on May 25, 2013, 05:17:47 PM: Broccoli salad? F'n seriously?

There are two ways to eat broccoli--raw dipped in ranch dressing, or cooked with a cheese sauce. Period.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: JakeStyle on May 25, 2013, 06:11:36 PM: There is a Ralph's supermarket nearby that has a huge deli; they put bacon, cashews and mandarin orange slices in their broccoli salad and bind it all together with mayonnaise or something similar. It sounds kind of gross but it is actually really good.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 06:48:16 PM: Screw Broccoli. I hate it.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: franksolich on May 25, 2013, 06:54:48 PM: Quote from: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 06:48:16 PM
Screw Broccoli. I hate it.

Oh now, don't be so negative.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 07:04:54 PM: Quote from: franksolich on May 25, 2013, 06:54:48 PM
Oh now, don't be so negative.

:lol: :lol: :lol:

How ya doing Coach? Hope ya doing well my friend. :cheersmate: :cheersmate:

I still hate Broccoli. Cauliflower too. I like spinach and kale though... does that count? :tongue: :tongue:
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: franksolich on May 25, 2013, 07:21:26 PM: Quote from: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 07:04:54 PM
I still hate Broccoli. Cauliflower too. I like spinach and kale though... does that count? :tongue: :tongue:

No.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 07:25:38 PM: Quote from: franksolich on May 25, 2013, 07:21:26 PM
No.

Dayum!!!! Hard core ain't ya? :tongue: :tongue:
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: miskie on May 25, 2013, 07:51:45 PM: Quote from: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 07:25:38 PM
Dayum!!!! Hard core ain't ya? :tongue: :tongue:

*wonders if coach is GW Bush's mole... :-)
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: BattleHymn on May 26, 2013, 12:56:03 PM: Quote from: NHSparky on May 25, 2013, 05:17:47 PM
Broccoli salad? F'n seriously?

There are two ways to eat broccoli--raw dipped in ranch dressing, or cooked with a cheese sauce. Period.

H5 for speaking the truth.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: Aristotelian on May 26, 2013, 02:15:37 PM: Quote from: I_B_Perky on May 25, 2013, 06:48:16 PM
Screw Broccoli. I hate it.

Couldn't agree more - vile stuff. ^5
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: miskie on May 26, 2013, 03:15:11 PM: Presenting the obvious YouTube video for this thread..

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Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: diesel driver on May 27, 2013, 08:15:20 AM: Quote from: NHSparky on May 25, 2013, 05:17:47 PM
Broccoli salad? F'n seriously?

There are two ways to eat broccoli--raw dipped in ranch dressing, or cooked with a cheese sauce. Period.

That's the only way I'll eat it.

Ummmm, cheese! :drool:
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: Celtic Rose on May 27, 2013, 11:36:59 AM: Quote from: Aristotelian on May 26, 2013, 02:15:37 PM
Couldn't agree more - vile stuff. ^5

Good, more for me :yahoo:
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: Karin on May 28, 2013, 07:38:19 AM: The salad sounds disgusting, I wouldn't touch that with a ten foot pole. Plus, it's got peas in it <shudder>. The only way I like broccoli is in a soup, with cheese.

Someone here posted a link once to a really funny site, something about "**** You, Broccoli."
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: Big Dog on May 28, 2013, 08:05:00 AM: Quote from: NHSparky on May 25, 2013, 05:17:47 PM
Broccoli salad? F'n seriously?

There are two ways to eat broccoli--raw dipped in ranch dressing, or cooked with a cheese sauce. Period.

Does Guinness & Cheese Soup with broccoli and bacon count as "cooked with a cheese sauce"?

On nom nom.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: njpines on May 28, 2013, 08:33:05 AM: The local Acme makes a really good broccoli salad -- although it's more a slaw than a salad. BUT if ANYONE tries to sneak in so much as ONE pea, then they are my lifelong mortal enemy!

:killemall: :nunchuck:
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: NHSparky on May 28, 2013, 09:22:27 AM: Quote from: Big Dog on May 28, 2013, 08:05:00 AM
Does Guinness & Cheese Soup with broccoli and bacon count as "cooked with a cheese sauce"?

On nom nom.

Guiness and bacon. I guess I could live with that.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: GOBUCKS on May 30, 2013, 12:16:51 AM: Broccoli, I can take it or leave it.

But broccoli salad with lots of bacon bits is great.

No broccoli salad (or any other dish) should EVER include peas.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: AprilRazz on May 30, 2013, 05:55:49 AM: Can't eat it. They used to make "salad" when the produce was too rotten to convince people to eat it on the ship. Haven't touched it since.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: Karin on May 30, 2013, 07:18:01 AM: I don't care how you tart it up, raw broccoli tastes like lawn clippings.
Title: Re: primitives discuss broccoli salad
Post by: franksolich on May 30, 2013, 07:23:42 AM: Quote from: Karin on May 30, 2013, 07:18:01 AM
I don't care how you tart it up, raw broccoli tastes like lawn clippings.

Oh now, what's wrong with all you people?

Around here, broccoli grows wild--I don't garden, and these spring from what the ancient woman used to grow here many years and decades and eons ago--and when it's all over the place, I have femmes come over to make their delicacies out of it.

It's not as good as sour cream, but it's still pretty good.