Aussies leaving broccoli stems behind at the supermarket

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Aussies leaving broccoli stems behind at the supermarket Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:19:14 2022 No.18046777 [Reply] [Original]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/food/article-10963225/Supermarkets-checking-broccoli-purchases-make-sure-stems-havent-snapped-off.html

People actually throw the stem away? It's not as easily tasty as the leaves but I like how it last longer in the fridge. I usually eat the leaves of broccoli and bok choy first, then I use the stem in stir fry or soup.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:21:10 2022 No.18046781 >paying for part of something you're not going to eat I do the same thing with asparagus, snap the bottom third off and leave it for the wagies to clean up

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:22:03 2022 No.18046786 >>18046777 I'm laughing at those prices. Really? It's like $1.50/lb in Burgerland.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:27:51 2022 No.18046799 >>18046786 Ausfailia has the highest living costs in the world anon

Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:29:16 2022 No.18046803

>>18046781
The bottoms are included in the price so if you snap them off you are gaming that system that's going to eventually lead to supermarket selling it without stem -- more expensive because of the labour to remove the stem, and it'll be less fresh.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:30:33 2022 No.18046805 >>18046803 But the best part that retards are snapping off will be sold separately at a lower price.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:31:28 2022 No.18046809 >>18046799 And they also suck the most dick for cash so u should be fine

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:32:30 2022 No.18046817 Wasteful fucks, those stems are still useful for plenty of things if you put in the slightest bit of culinary thought into it

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:32:48 2022 No.18046819 >>18046809 Stop drunkposting.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:34:12 2022 No.18046826 >>18046777 anyone else having trouble getting the full version of this image from the 4chan img servers?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:35:57 2022 No.18046832 >>18046817 >just pay $12/lb for broccoli goyim fuck off

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:43:40 2022 No.18046872 Why have I never thought of this Good on ya Aussie poofters

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:49:36 2022 No.18046895 >>18046832 kg. A little under $6/lb.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:50:06 2022 No.18046898 >>18046832 1 kilo is 2.2lbs, that's still wildly expensive though

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:50:17 2022 No.18046901 worst part of the broccoli

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:53:56 2022 No.18046912 >>18046832 Translating it from $11.90/kg AUD to lbs/USD equates to roughly $3.71/lb in America.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:55:12 2022 No.18046921 >>18046826 I'm the OP and I can't get the full version, must be a site glitch, well go to the article and that pic is there if you want to see it bigger. Often I like the stem better than the head as the head goes bad so fast.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:56:27 2022 No.18046925 >>18046777 I like the stems. When steamed, they're fine. Australians are a nation of slack jawed faggots

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:58:35 2022 No.18046935 >>18046925 Most of our teeth get knocked out early in life fighting kangaroos that try to steal our girlfriends.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 21:59:59 2022 No.18046943 >>18046799 what index are you looking at?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:01:40 2022 No.18046951 >>18046943 Annual broccoli expenditure per capita.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:02:36 2022 No.18046955 >>18046935 Ah that's alright then cunt

Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:03:35 2022 No.18046960

>>18046803
If it's 11.90 a kilo, then you are paying for the inedible part and might as well take off the stems since it's more than half the weight, and inedible.

But seriously even converted to normal money that price is insane, but I guess that's the downside to trying to grow it in a desert.

Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:04:13 2022 No.18046966

>>18046781
I got 4lbs of asparagus the other week for $1.
Used some, blanched, shocked and froze the rest.

>>18046786
99c/lb here the same week I bought the asparagus.

>>18046777
>the leaves
You mean the florets, right? Leaves are my favourite part, florets are good, too, but not as good as the leaves. As for the stems, I process them separately. I like to shred them and either make slaw or add them to a stir-fry to up the vegetable content.
Is there a leaf-only version of western broccoli? we have a stem-only version (kohlrabi) so why not a leaf-only version with the same taste and texture as leaves from common broccoli?
I know there are friarielli, but they have a different taste entirely.

>>18046826
Moi aussi.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:05:14 2022 No.18046975 >>18046960 Stem is not inedible, tho.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:06:20 2022 No.18046980 >>18046826 Yes all images.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:10:27 2022 No.18046995 >>18046832 I clear $2kaus a week as a forklift driver working arvo shift

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:12:11 2022 No.18047006 >>18046925 this. the stems are the most nutrient and tastier part >>18046781 >>18046803 fucking australian barbarians, asaparagus, artichokes and broccoli you boil and eat the stem, is the best part, our ngmi in life like this fucking hell

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:20:55 2022 No.18047054 File: 247 KB, 1200x1387, 5638f775dd08957b788b463e.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18046966 >Is there a leaf-only version of western broccoli? You mean kale?

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:30:35 2022 No.18047101 >>18047054 For some reason, I find that pic disingenuous. Is there a tender leaf variety of kale? I've only had the tough variety best used for stewing.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:42:56 2022 No.18047136 >>18047101 Try gai lan.

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:43:47 2022 No.18047141 I've always done this

>>	Anonymous Wed Jun 29 22:48:41 2022 No.18047160 >>18047136 Not the same flavour. Thanks, for the suggestion, though. I'll look into kale. Maybe the leaves get tough with age and young kale is tender and broccoli like or something. I'll look into it.

Anonymous Wed Jun 29 23:08:29 2022 No.18047227

At my supermarket there's two products "broccoli bunch" and "broccoli florets" side by side. The broccoli bunch has a long stem and small top, and you get a few of those rubber banded together, while the "broccoli florets" is just a single large head. What I don't understand is that the broccoli bunch costs more per pound than the florets. It makes no sense. Who actually WANTS more stem and would pay a premium for it on top of that?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 00:15:09 2022 No.18047485 >>18047227 Stems are flavourful and good in soups, the florets would just be mush. I can't believe people are throwing out stems!

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:16:00 2022 No.18047869 I would take them because they're the best part. I cut off the florets, cut into parts the bigger florets, and slice the stalks before baking. I could eat just the stalks and they're less likely to burn.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:24:20 2022 No.18047892

>>18047869
Maybe the supermarket should separate and sell the stem and florets separately then...though I like the florets being an indicator of how fresh the stem is, if I can buy the "useless stem" cheaper per pound while the florets have to pay more for their florets...

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:33:12 2022 No.18047916 >>18047101 Most likely, they originally were the same plant, but countless generations of cultivation have made them distinct plants. So you probably cant grow a broccoli plant and harvest good cabbage off of it.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:35:42 2022 No.18047924 >>18046799 i thought that was new york or california?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:40:30 2022 No.18047937 Australian here. People had always done this. That is why my based local grocer has a sign up that says they will charge extra if your brocolli has no stem. It is just happening more now since Joe Biden fucked our economy or whatever.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:43:22 2022 No.18047947 >>18047227 The "bunch" sounds like broccolini, a different, inexplicably costlier variety of broccoli.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:47:09 2022 No.18047959 >>18046777 What a shit manager. It's not theft if it stays in the store

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:50:07 2022 No.18047969
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>>18046777
>>18047937
Yeah, this is basically like frugal people husking corn before buying it. It's always happened.

>>18046826
is2.4chan.org (image server 2) is currently buggered. i.4cdn.org which handles thumbnails, site images, and some user images is still working.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 02:56:39 2022 No.18047992 >>18046777 the stalk is the tastiest part though people are so weird

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 03:19:50 2022 No.18048050

>>18046826
Yeah, I thought it was just my piece of shit browser but then I saw a thread on /pol/ about it.
Turns out it's a conspiracy against us all perpetrated by international Jewry.

>>18046777
If that happened here I'd ask the staff if I could have the stems for free.
If they said yes and we ended up making it a regular thing I guess I'd buy them a cake for the lunchroom or something. I used to work retail while I was in nursing school. I know it's miserable.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 03:22:09 2022 No.18048055 >>18047969 >is2.4chan.org yeah

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 03:28:03 2022 No.18048071 Wow. Thats crazy man. Lets all have a discussion about some Australians choosing to remove the stems from their broccoli. Fascinating.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:01:01 2022 No.18048210

Does broccoli not grow there or something? The one thing that bugs me though is when imported vegetables rise in price the local farmers say oh well, look how expensive the out of season trucked in product is, I'm gonna charge more than that because mine is better. Even when you buy it direct from the farm. Greedy bastards.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:04:52 2022 No.18048217 >>18048210 Domestic crop harvests have been fucky this year because... reasons. That said, it's heading into winter now and it's still 20degC in QLD, so the fuckery has no end in sight.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:37:12 2022 No.18048313 File: 123 KB, 1024x769, 2f4da32bb9601f32e29bd6b33fbae50e.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] When it costs 11 dollars for a lettuce they get what they deserve.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:44:23 2022 No.18048333

>>18048313
>classed as theft
It's a shitty thing to do but its not stealing. Nothing is being taken without paying for. I know Aussie laws are retarded but there is another totally reasonable law this falls under, and its called destruction of merchandise.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:48:03 2022 No.18048344

>>18048333
It's all a scam by the Australian farmers to be allowed to flood the country with third world workers again. They do it since the pandemic closed borders. They refuse to pay legal wages so they claim Aussies are too lazy to pick their fruit and veg so they threaten to just let it all rot unless they immediately get permission to fly in 20,000 Fijians who will work for 2 dollars a day with no lunch breaks. Aussie farmers are scum

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:55:25 2022 No.18048365 [DELETED]

>>18046777
I dont.
I eat it, its great in stir fry.

>>18048344
this 100%.
>support the farmers
nope and never. they are greedy assholes with millions in gov. handouts...
>get the unemployed to pick the fruit and veg
good luck with that.

Yeah, give it time, and everything will back to "normal"

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:56:53 2022 No.18048372 File: 35 KB, 400x387, 1656564958682.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18046786 >>18046777 Isn't the Australian dollar like .7 USD? 1 kg is 2.2lbs So like $3.80 USD per lb of broccoli Idk doesn't seem super terrible

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:59:32 2022 No.18048375 >>18048344 I'm not saying you're wrong, trust me I know the biggest industries attract the biggest assholes. My point was the sign is retarded

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 04:59:35 2022 No.18048376 >>18046777 Looks more like one person left the stalks on the shelf.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 05:01:28 2022 No.18048381 >>18048365 Noodles, carrots, broccoli, garlic, tamari sauce fried in sesame oil. It's never bad.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 05:23:21 2022 No.18048434 File: 120 KB, 400x400, i-am-not-your-brother.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18048313 >Australians check stems for breakage at checkout Fuck your fascist shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 05:29:02 2022 No.18048451 >>18046799 Lmao bro have you ever heard of >Miami >LA >NYC Look it up.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 06:57:01 2022 No.18048609 >>18048365 Australian farmers are some of the least subsidised in the world.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 07:02:56 2022 No.18048622

>>18048313
Classic middle management move and makes no difference. Holding the minimum wagie's nose to the grindstone is like holding a 9/10th's dead cat's head to the fire, they literally do not care. Unless management is hovering over their shoulders at all times this is pure (not even) lip service.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 07:06:23 2022 No.18048629 >>18046777 nice digits the only time I ever set foot in a woolworths or coles is to scam the shit out of the self serves

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 10:25:17 2022 No.18048954 >>18046777 Every place I've been to here in WA sells it by the head, they should've thought that maybe by selling it by weight that this would happen.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 13:45:24 2022 No.18049295

>>18048609
They have tax free funds to place all their money in and never pay tax and pull it out during a fake drought year and it's all tax free. Driving around in the latest John deer trucks and tractors while owning hundreds of acres of land and crying poor to the government for gibs
>It's rained too much
>It hasn't rained enough
That's called being a farmer. Not an excuse to be on millions of dollars of welfare a year. I don't own a brand new tractor, do you?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 15:08:51 2022 No.18049482 >>18046777 I genuinely can't afford vegetables. Lettuce is fucking $7 each and isn't even in stock. I'm buying frozen veg but even that's really expensive

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 15:20:14 2022 No.18049504 >>18048372 >$3.80 USD per lb of broccoli that better be some heirloom-handcrafted-by-a-gaggle-of-blind-nuns kind of broccoli

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 15:27:16 2022 No.18049517 >>18046781 You can eat the stems, just peel off the fibrous outer layer and they actually taste pretty good, even taste good raw.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 15:28:16 2022 No.18049522 >>18046777 >People actually throw the stem away? It's not as easily tasty as the leaves but I like how it last longer in the fridge. it's obviously because of the price you stupid fucking faggot

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 15:35:17 2022 No.18049537 >>18049517 Yes, they're edible. Are they tender? No they are not, which is what I like about asparagus. I'm not a cow chewing her cud, fuck outta here with that shit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:19:23 2022 No.18049673 >>18049482 Frozen veg actually is healthier than fresh veg you can buy.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:20:12 2022 No.18049678

>>18049537
You can't cook shit.
The stem of the broccoli is fucking good if you cut it in "cubetti" and cook it in a pan whit small amount of olive oil
asparagus stem you can use it shakes in a pasta souce( same for the broccoli one)
Just kys and make it fast.
People outsides Italy will die in two week whit a big famine.
you know shit about food.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:21:14 2022 No.18049682 >>18049673 Maybe in burgherland.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:22:32 2022 No.18049688 >>18049504 It's got-unusually-rare-because-half-the-farms-drowned-this-season kind of broccoli.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:22:38 2022 No.18049689 >>18046777 >shoppers Probably 1 person. Theres only 3 stalks left behind. Clickbait

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:31:12 2022 No.18049714 >>18049537 >Are they tender? No they are not Yes, actually they are.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:44:07 2022 No.18049763 >>18049682 It's snap frozen at the source, frozen beats fresh every single time. Everywhere in the world.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:44:54 2022 No.18049767 >>18046781 lmao imagine someone snapping away at a bundles worth of asparagus.

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:47:51 2022 No.18049777

>>18049295
Russia Ukraine shit should've proved how badly you need home grown stuff in a country

Used to work at a small bank that did a lot of stuff for farmers and they worked so hard just to be poor. Like back breaking up at 5am work just to live off $14k a year

Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:48:25 2022 No.18049779

>>18046777
they dont necessarily throw it away, but they are definitely not worth as much as the fleurettes but they weigh the same if not more (are more dense).
so you are pretty much getting half price brocolli if you break off the stalk, they probably see it as paying double price for not breaking it off

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:49:15 2022 No.18049783 >>18046777 at $11.90 a fucking kilo you had better believe i'm going to snap that shit off and leave it in the ice bin

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:49:30 2022 No.18049784 >>18046995 >arvo we call that 2nd shift round these parts. 1st shift being normal shift, and 3rd being overnights

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:51:19 2022 No.18049788 I'm Australian and I eat broccoli stems

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:52:20 2022 No.18049789 >>18049783 Eat it you wasteful fuck Also get a job

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:52:43 2022 No.18049790 >>18046777 Here they don't sell them by weight, I just throw the stem out. Makes sense they're sold by weight though

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:54:49 2022 No.18049796 >>18049688 Queensland floods every year, and yet this year they raise the price on things. Something smells fucky

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:58:35 2022 No.18049805 >>18049789 it's not wasteful as i'm not paying for it

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 16:59:51 2022 No.18049811 >>18049805 It's food, just eat it

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:00:10 2022 No.18049812 >>18049796 It's the smell of your rotting brain. You seriously think crops that rely on not being flooded are being planted in areas that flood every year? Stinky rotting brain.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:06:12 2022 No.18049830 >>18049796 I remember when bananas were going for a hundred dollars a kilo after bad weather in Qld. Some cunts were going farm to farm knocking off bananas instead of robbing shops cause it had more profit.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:07:28 2022 No.18049837 >>18049830 I don't remember that, yet it sounds like something that would happen in this country

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:18:20 2022 No.18049882 >>18049482 What size do you buy it in though? 1kg or 1.5 kg is much cheaper per pound than the smaller sizes by a lot, especially store brand.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 17:26:18 2022 No.18049899 >>18048313 >Attention Slaves: You MUST pay for the worst part broccoli >You WILL not remove the outer leaves from the cabbage >You CANNOT shuck the husks off the corn >This is THEFT you WILL be prosecuted >Cashiers WILL be performing cavity searches

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 18:36:12 2022 No.18050123 >>18046777 My ex girlfriend used to do this and it made me so embarrassed

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 18:37:37 2022 No.18050128 Based?

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 19:57:13 2022 No.18050342 >>18046777 *Chinese are leaving the stalks

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 20:04:10 2022 No.18050357 >>18049784 We call you a poofter around these parts

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 20:09:16 2022 No.18050379 Huh? I always eat the stalks. Peel, cut into sticks, enjoy them with tzatziki

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:02:57 2022 No.18050532 >>18046777 I use brocolli stalks to make soup. Very nutritious. Or I sometimes slice them thinly and add them to a stir fry.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:29:56 2022 No.18050621 Someone explain the psyop against broccoli to me

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 21:35:31 2022 No.18050636 >>18050621 It tastes bitter so some people Also George W Bush said he didn't like it one time so the US Military burned a bunch of broccoli farms down.

>>	Anonymous Thu Jun 30 22:03:41 2022 No.18050729 File: 120 KB, 235x250, 1627976225519.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18049517 I eat the fiberous layer because I paid for it, its not pleasant but I aint wastin' money nigga

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 00:08:28 2022 No.18051154

>>18050342
...but a lot of Chinese greens are mostly stalks which are eaten, as Chinese greens are boiled.

>>18050123
...because they are being cheap in getting something they don't need -- cauliflower is cheaper so they can't say they NEED to do this to save money. I

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 00:49:56 2022 No.18051260 >>18049899 shucking the corn in store is retarded would you peel a banana before buying it? no

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:03:21 2022 No.18051302

>>18049899
I HATE that this country removes the outer leaves of cabbage. They are literally the best leaves. wtf is wrong with Americans?
As for shucking the husk from corn, I don't get what you're complaining about. The green grocer and even the supermarkets have bins right next to the corn for you to shuck the husks into. Also, I've never seen corn sold by weight, only by unit, so shucking corn doesn't alter how much you'd pay for it. In fact, it's on sale starting tomorrow, 8 for $2.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:09:02 2022 No.18051320

>>18049763
Frozen broccoli (and all brassica, actually) has an inexplicably sweet taste to me that I strongly dislike. Brussells sprouts. Kale. Mustard greens. Etc. All sweet to me once frozen. And this is both with factory-frozen produce as well as bought-fresh-and-frozen-at-home produce.
Idk wtf it is about freezing that makes them taste sweet, but it does. Also pumpkin. Made the mistake of buying two Spanish pumpkins to make a pasta dish with. Cooked one, froze the other. When I thawed the second one to make sauce with, it was horridly sweet.
Going back to the green vegetables, I've frozen them both fresh as well as blanched and shocked and both turn out sweet. Just... awful. Peas freeze nicely, though.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:29:14 2022 No.18051385

>>18051320
In winter I like to snap off the green onions I have outside for soup, they are sweet, because the sugar keeps them from freezing too much so the plant is less damaged.

I dunno why flash frozen greens would taste sweet though, as they are cut and the freezing is fast.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:38:03 2022 No.18051417

>>18046777
We've had terrible seasons for growing things because of the flooding in NSW and QLD. That's why lettuce is expensive too.
I'm not sure why people are loosing their minds over it though, just buy veg that's isn't expensive.
What happened to eating things that are in season and available?

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:45:55 2022 No.18051449

>>18051385
Yeah, idk. I have kohlrabi in my root cellar from literally last year. No rotting. No problems. I mention this because the fuckers, like potatoes and onions do, /are still growing/. The roots are all over.
Maybe the broccoli and other brassica are still technically alive when I buy them so after I stick'em in the freezer, they respond by making/releasing sugar? Idfk
What I do know is that I just had broccoli soup for dinner and it was good.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:46:00 2022 No.18051450 File: 699 KB, 732x3396, 1656153541097.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Food prices jacking up high >Petty prices $1 higher than what they were a year ago I'm scared bros, someone hold me. When will this shit show end

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 01:46:45 2022 No.18051453 >>18046777 >Aussies are doing it definitely not Chinese nationals, no way

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 02:58:23 2022 No.18051661 >>18046777 >Aussies leaving broccoli stems behind at the supermarket not aussie but I have done this too, especially when the stem is longer than 4 inches. no one eats the stem.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 05:42:02 2022 No.18052121 >>18051661 The stem is delicious, but now I'm wondering if Australia have a variety with woody stems.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 05:44:27 2022 No.18052127 >>18052121 We don't. We have a surplus of very very stupid people. Intelligence is marginalised as anti-social pomposity.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:14:45 2022 No.18052560

dumb cunts
i am the second australian forklift driver in this thread (which clearly makes me an authority on broccoli) and people who do this are dirt to me. eat your fucking vegetables
>>18051417
this almost exactly. unfortunately even a lot of seasonal stuff has been ruined. the main winter food belt is about to get wrecked again over the next two weeks or so, so we can expect prices to go up once more.
i've been eating a lot of greens i grew myself and a lot of dried beans, pumpkin, potato, turnip, swede, onion... i could really do with some kale though

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:19:31 2022 No.18052564 >>18046786 It's winter down here, faggot.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:22:59 2022 No.18052572 >>18046809 That might be your thing. I take you like sucking cocks, otherwise you'd not have mentioned it.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:24:17 2022 No.18052575 >>18046826 No, Because no-one but you cares

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:24:30 2022 No.18052576 >>18047006 >boil Enjoy removing the nutrients retardo

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:25:56 2022 No.18052579 >>18046781 imagine not making asparagus soup after eating asparagus, you can use everything you cut off plus the water you used to steam them.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:27:39 2022 No.18052584 >>18046777 >jews breed brocoloi for thick heavy stalk, and cut it longer and longer each year >customers snap it off >jews get mad they've been out-jewed, will ban this soon.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 09:28:02 2022 No.18052586 >>18048451 Those aren't countries you drooling retard.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 10:16:55 2022 No.18052670

>>18046803
>more expensive because of the labour to remove the stem, and it'll be less fresh.
LMAO WHAT
they're already snipping it you dumb faggot they'll just snip above the inedible part if they weren't such massive kikes
some jewish retard just figured that if you include 10% more stem then your profit per weight goes up proportionately if not slightly higher % wise since the stem is way more dense than the head

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 10:28:25 2022 No.18052685 >>18046777 More broccoli stems for me to cram up my ass then! Not much of a loss.....

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 11:54:53 2022 No.18052843 lmao I thought shit was expensive in leafland they're 2.49/kg here

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 12:17:51 2022 No.18052891 >>18051320 >>18051449 Yeah, it's a response to frost, the plant converts starch into sugar to make the water in the cells less prone to freezing. Carrots and parsnips will do it too.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:09:57 2022 No.18053039 >>18050342 Chink loves their stir fry veggies dumbass, its geese and duck in a pond they stole This is just some lazy aussie. Maybe eat the stem with vegemite or some shit

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:15:48 2022 No.18053055 >>18046901 wrong

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:17:57 2022 No.18053059 Jesus, how are there so many people in this thread who don't know how to use broccoli stems? Do you fucktards even cook?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:19:56 2022 No.18053062 >>18053039 Nah, chinks are scummy and are always pulling shit like this to nickel and dime you. Australias have too much respect to pull bullshit like this.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:20:07 2022 No.18053063

>>18052670
the stems are edible you fucking retard. And when they only snip it off at the large stem, you only have to worry about the surface area at the stem's bottom surface. If you snip off all the leafy bits, you increase the surface area, and thus, hasten the spoilage to those smaller bits.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:20:38 2022 No.18053068 Better this than banana peels.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:21:30 2022 No.18053071 >>18046777 What good is broccoli without the stems. Fucking casuals.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:24:56 2022 No.18053077 >>18053062 I agree with that guy, chinks fucking love their vegetables, there's no way they would throw away the stems, even if their other habits may be utterly reprehensible(mainlanders) t. SEA chink

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 13:29:02 2022 No.18053085 >>18051154 not boiled, desu. Blanched. Only a small amount of green veg is boiled. Knowing the difference may save your palette

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 14:04:56 2022 No.18053172 >>18048313 Literally just stop selling it by weight retards, make it a cost per head and the entire problem goes away, other than the issue of Australia being a dystopian hellhole.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 14:06:13 2022 No.18053174 >>18046799 It can't be worse than new zealand.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 14:26:38 2022 No.18053241 File: 512 KB, 600x782, worried-laughter.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >Ausfailians don't realize that the stem is edible >Ausfailians pay $11.90 for broccoli of all things

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 14:30:27 2022 No.18053249 File: 60 KB, 750x860, brogle.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18052564 If I can grow brogle in the Danish Summer you can grow it in the Australian Winter

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 15:45:06 2022 No.18053544

>>18053172
People will start picking the biggest one.

>>18053085
My family would boil a slice of ginger and then the chinese greens: bok choy or the green stuff with yellow flowers (oil greens?). The greens would often be fished out and served on a dish and the water would be soup we drink before rice.

>>18053077
Do chinks even eat broccoli? But if they do, the stem would be eaten too as it's more like chinese green.

-- born in Hong Kong -- so my diet is east mix with west

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 15:46:56 2022 No.18053550 >>18053077 >mainlanders lol I nostalgia'd hard. When my family lived in SG, it seemed like every other conversation the adults had was about how awful mainlanders are.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 15:48:50 2022 No.18053560 File: 100 KB, 646x365, hk.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18053544

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 15:49:22 2022 No.18053562 >>18053544 >People will start picking the biggest one. Yes, then it's first come best dressed. The primary principle of low trust capitalism.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 16:14:22 2022 No.18053647 >>18053544 >Do chinks even eat broccoli yes. In fancy chinese restaurants(at least here in Malaysia), if you order the "mixed vegetable" item, one of the miscellaneous vegs included is usually broccoli. Broccoli is god tier in oyster sauce

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 16:15:48 2022 No.18053653 >>18053174 At least we are allowed vegetable gardens

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 16:19:16 2022 No.18053666 >>18051260 Corn will last just fine, bananas won't Dumb comparison

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 16:46:28 2022 No.18053776 >>18053647 I have never seen capcay with broccoli. Cauliflower, but not broccoli. Or are you talking about something other than capcay?

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 16:48:13 2022 No.18053784 >>18053776 >>18053647 I am fucking retarded. Ignore me. You're talking about sayur campur goreng, yeah? Always has broccoli. I'm dumb. Sorry.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 20:09:43 2022 No.18054389 >>18053647 >Broccoli is god tier in oyster sauce That seem like a really weird flavour combo. Bok Choy is good with oyster sauce, Broccoli is good with cheddar cheese.

Anonymous Fri Jul 1 20:18:02 2022 No.18054416

>>18046960
they're not inedible, they're pretty good if you just cut the tough skin layer off.

>>18047101
depending on where you live you can buy baby kale. it's more tender and similar to broccoli leaves but it's usually more expensive. lots of vegetables have good greens that they don't really sell in stores because they don't keep well. your best bet would just be to plant some broccoli and pick the leaves off depending on where you live.

>>	Anonymous Fri Jul 1 20:19:18 2022 No.18054422 >>18054416 oh god i said depending on where you live twice in one post someone just put me out of my misery now

Anonymous Sat Jul 2 01:44:48 2022 No.18055529
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>>18046777
>>18046781
>>18054416
Like chicken bone, brocolli stems can be used for SOUP STOCK. Dumb aussies can't cook soup.

Fact: the first restaurants were soup kitchens that you paid money for.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 05:25:21 2022 No.18056204 >>18054416 I miss having a balcony where I can grow my own kale or collard greens

>>	Osteranon Sat Jul 2 06:46:20 2022 No.18056413 >>18055529 Realistically the stems are just as nutritious as the florets. I've found ways to enjoy them such as making broccoli fries. I know there not the same, but they don't taste bad.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 07:01:52 2022 No.18056470 File: 491 KB, 640x724, 1648076962744.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18051450

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 07:03:19 2022 No.18056474 >>18056413 on the contrary, the stems are the tastiest part of the broccoli desu They have just as much sweetness as a carrot, just dont overcook them

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 07:04:59 2022 No.18056480 >>18054422 This guy is dead now. If the police ask questions remember to mention that he wanted it.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 07:07:13 2022 No.18056485 File: 247 KB, 1300x866, imagegwrg43.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18054389 with any seafood-based sauce really. Scallop sauce, abalone sauce, even mushroom sauce. Broccoli with abalone, or mock abalone in most cases, is a staple dish

>>	Osteranon Sat Jul 2 07:08:21 2022 No.18056487 >>18056474 Wow, carrots and broccoli fries. Thanks I'll try that.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 18:28:05 2022 No.18058081 >>18056485 Try this with bok choy. The broccoli stem probably taste good with it, but not the florets.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 19:53:46 2022 No.18058353 >>18047485 Always wondered why they sell frozen bags of Oops! All Stems! Now I know.

>>	Anonymous Sat Jul 2 19:54:05 2022 No.18058355 >>18046777 based aussies

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 01:13:20 2022 No.18059414 >>18055529 >>18056413 >>18056487 Hallejuha People that agree with me on BROCOLLI STEMS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwWCOoREFJw

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 01:15:30 2022 No.18059419 >>18053249 You can and they do but it's just more expensive in winter.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 01:28:00 2022 No.18059447

>>18046786
ausfag who lives overseas here
was chatting to a mate back home about it last night and apparently its cuz the country's got 4 months of non-stop rain and flood conditions, so its cuz of completely ruined harvests
we dont import any fruit n veg from overseas cuz we usually grow our own, so makes sense.
when it comes to climate, Aus is the kind of place that wont get a drop of rain for 20 years, then you'll get 20 year's worth of rain all at once.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 12:59:12 2022 No.18061025 File: 847 KB, 240x325, 1652684298044.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18059447 >tfw about to have the third once in a lifetime flood event this year

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 13:00:36 2022 No.18061030 >>18046777 I've been doing that for years.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 13:36:44 2022 No.18061119 >>18046777 Australian """people"""

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:04:59 2022 No.18061171 File: 345 KB, 488x154, Disappointed but not surprised.gif [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18046777 >People too lazy and/or stupid to use the whole plant ruin everything for everyone

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:09:59 2022 No.18061178 >>18048071 They wrote a news article about it as well. This is why I fucking hate australians

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:15:15 2022 No.18061190 >>18061178 I'm sure the "news" in your country is never about inane bullshit.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:30:01 2022 No.18061211 >>18048071 on the plus side, retards like OP make life ez pz because the bar is set so low.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:34:14 2022 No.18061219 >>18052586 anon never said it had to be a country. learn to read.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:47:51 2022 No.18061264

>>18061219
Not him but:
I feel as though it was pretty clear that the conversation was about the average of countries since it started with the US then went to Australia. That said, that guy appears to be wrong about Australia so it's a moot point.

>https://www.gq.com.au/lifestyle/travel/cash-at-the-ready-the-most-expensive-countries-in-the-world-to-live-in-2020/image-gallery/0c49cd88985d69623bfc7e563d8d91c9?pos=2
>The data makes an assessment based on a range of living costs, factoring in aspects like transportation, clothing, accommodation, internet, utility, groceries, and eating out.
>The data is compiled into an index, using New York City—renowned for being expensive—as a benchmark with its given index score of 100. Consequently, those countries with a cost of living score higher than 100 are more expensive New York and vice versa.
>According to the report, Bermuda is the world’s most expensive place to live. Switzerland ranks second on the list, followed by Norway, Iceland, and Barbados. Thankfully, Australia ranked 14th on the list, with an index of 77.75. Our rent index was significantly lower than Bermuda's 98.58, at just 36.84.

Don't play the semantics game when you can show that someone is just plain wrong.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 14:59:24 2022 No.18061295 >>18061264 Not him but I just took a fat shit in your mouth. Oops.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 15:42:12 2022 No.18061420 >>18061295 OK, that'll be 500 USD plus tip. Now thank me for my service.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 15:56:01 2022 No.18061468

I knew an Aussie once. He came to NY to be a model. He was also a gay, drug addled thief. Are all Aussies attractive, gay, drug addled thieves or was he a peculiar case? My aunt, uncle and cousin are Aussies living in Perth and while they're attractive, they're not gay or drug addled or thieves but they complain that all their neighbours are.

>>18061264
>switzerland
>#2
I'm surprised we're not #1 with how every Swiss complains about prices all the damn time (and ones nearer a border always try to smuggle groceries back in from a neighbouring country).

>>18059414
Two of those people are the same person, but here's a third: me. Swiss people like broccoli stems so much that a variety that's 90% stem was developed in CH, kohlrabi.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:04:39 2022 No.18062337 I love the stalks they are the best part

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:19:21 2022 No.18062396 >>18061468 >Are all Aussies attractive, gay, drug addled thieves Yes, Australia is a giant hive mind

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:29:12 2022 No.18062446 >>18046777 Not my problem

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:33:35 2022 No.18062463 >>18061468 >Are all Aussies attractive, gay, drug addled thieves the vast majority of them are at least 1 of those

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:41:48 2022 No.18062492 >>18061468 >developed in CH >kohlrabi No you didn't, perfidious mountainjew

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:41:52 2022 No.18062493

>>18048210
Heaps if broccoli is grown in australia.
The excuse is blah blah floods climate change etc.
This is horseshit. What is happening is the distriputors and super markets are taking advantage of the situation and price hiking.
Australians are being ripped off. It is somehow legal

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:43:58 2022 No.18062504 >>18062493 Don't forget that diesel is twice the price it usually is and most of our goods are transported with trucks.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:50:13 2022 No.18062528 >>18062504 >crops harvested 3km away are marked up the same as imported goods. Fuel is only partly to blame.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:52:45 2022 No.18062539 >>18062528 >Transported 3km to processing facility >Then transported 500km to storage and distribution center >Then transported to 500 different shops Do underestimate how hard your food moves unless you're buying it straight from the farmer.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:55:27 2022 No.18062552 >>18046777 12 dollars a kilo for fresh veg? is it imported from the moon, wtf.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:55:34 2022 No.18062553 >>18062493 So buy the stuff that hasn't gotten expensive. There are plenty of options. Avocado is still the cheapest it has been since the 90s. These people taking advantage clearly didn't think their plot through.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:55:37 2022 No.18062555

>>18062539
>transported 500km to storage and distribution center
That's part of my point.
Inflexible logistics.
If the closest distripution point is 500km away, then there is a serious flaw which consumers are paying for.
Woolworths is fucked, too big to fail attidude.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:57:43 2022 No.18062561 >>18062553 An avocado is not the equivalent to a brocoli. Most fresh veg is rediculous.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 20:58:31 2022 No.18062563

>>18062555
I stopped shopping at supermarkets, should have done it a long time ago.
Now I get a box of veg delivered to my door that lasts me two weeks and is about $20 cheaper than buying the equivalent at Safeway.
I go into the queen Vic market once a fortnight for meat, it's far cheaper than any super market plus much more variety.
The only thing I still buy from supermarkets is some boxed or tinned goods that I can't find elsewhere

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 21:00:50 2022 No.18062574 >>18062563 This is the way to go. Spud shed in WA has their shit sorted. They will adjust their supply chain with the market and source locally.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 21:04:31 2022 No.18062588 >>18062561 No, only half of it. Prices remain reasonable for onions, potatoes, english spinach, silverbeet, some pumpkins, mushrooms, and more.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 21:12:15 2022 No.18062616 >>18062588 Are we talking about the same rough geographical area?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 21:58:35 2022 No.18062762 >>18062539 Buying direct from farmers is no good. They got greedy and charge the same as the shit that's been shipped all over. Even if you pick it up at their farm.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:06:04 2022 No.18062785 >>18062762 Hasn't been my experience. I always get shit cheaper at the farm.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:07:40 2022 No.18062789 >>18062785 You're lucky then. Even the subscription boxes some farms offer have more than doubled in price. Higher demand.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:17:13 2022 No.18062816 grow your own faggot

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:21:48 2022 No.18062829 >>18062816 Like your parents did?

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:27:49 2022 No.18062843 >>18053039 Chinese will husk corn at the store too.

>>	Anonymous Sun Jul 3 22:45:54 2022 No.18062899 >>18062829 I giggled.

Anonymous Sun Jul 3 23:03:12 2022 No.18062944

>>18062492
The perfidious mountainjew is right. If kohlrabi were developed outside of Switzerland, why would they give it a Swiss-German name? Kohl = cabbage. Rabi = turnip. In standard German, turnip = rübe, but in Swiss-German, it's "rabi." so why would that name carry but others not?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 00:32:45 2022 No.18063262 >>18062563 Based Safeway referrer

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 00:37:56 2022 No.18063282 >>18062563 Sunday 3pm is the time to get in for the meat sales at Vic Market

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 07:39:48 2022 No.18064499 >>18062829 fucken rekt

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 07:55:54 2022 No.18064523 >>18046777 clean it up, wagie

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 08:56:02 2022 No.18064623 >>18049295 Yeah them and tradies really take the piss.They buy so much personal shit and just claim it all through their business!!

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 08:59:29 2022 No.18064629 >>18049673 And not contaminated with as many germs!! I saw a granny sniffing a rockmelon for at least 30 seconds and didn't even buy it..fucking disgusting

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 11:43:05 2022 No.18064826 >>18050532 >>18052576 Name one

Anonymous Mon Jul 4 11:54:22 2022 No.18064847

>>18046803
So basically you're arguing that the supermarket has been charging people for an inedible chunk of broccoli for years and the only reason people put up with it is because broccoli was cheap? And now that the shoe is on the other foot it's the customer's fault?

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 11:58:02 2022 No.18064854 This is why locally sourced food will always be superior. The less logistics involved, the cheaper it is to the end customer, and it's probably better quality too.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 12:34:50 2022 No.18064925 >>18064847 >inedible Wrong. You are wrong. Wrong. I am broccoli.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 12:35:51 2022 No.18064930 >>18064826 Giles Brandthwaite Shearsmith.

>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 16:29:32 2022 No.18065619 File: 156 KB, 850x1100, vegetable_seasonality_chart_0.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>18052564 Yeah, and?

Anonymous Mon Jul 4 22:36:17 2022 No.18066835

>>18046826
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>>	Anonymous Mon Jul 4 22:45:51 2022 No.18066858 my parents buy brocoli and throw 90% of it away. just keep the leaves and a tiny bit of stem below them

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 01:20:08 2022 No.18067341 >>18065619 That chart is for Northern California and even says it is region specific for your retarded ass.

>>	Anonymous Tue Jul 5 01:31:33 2022 No.18067391 >>18048071 Your news doesn't constantly chastise your country, whilst being funded by the people doing those same bad thing?

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