"maxine" > wrote in message
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On Apr 28, 6:05 am, (Phred) wrote:
> G'day mates,
>
> It turns out I'm addicted to broccoli in spite of never seeing it for
> the first 50 years or so! But the damn stuff is often pretty bloody
> expensive ($8 to $9 per kg most times lately, and even the frozen
> packets are around $4 for 500 g) so I was pleased to see some nice
> looking heads on special at our second tier supermarket this week, for
> about $2.50/kg.
>
> Obviously, there's a limit to how much even an addict can eat in a
> week, so questions arise:
>
> 1. How well can it be stored frozen using simple home technology?
>
> 2. For how long? And
>
> 3. How?
>
> Anyone care to offer opinions and advice based on experience with
> successfully freezing broccoli or similar vegetables, please? TIA.
>
> Cheers, Phred.

Youch! Round here, Broccoli is going for $.99 a pound, ~$2 per kilo.
It doesn't usually get above $2 a pound, even in the off season.

It is a cool-weather crop, but the austral continents should be coming
into season for it now.

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I think for the aussies broccoli comes into estrus.

It's kind of silly to buy fresh broccoli and then freeze it.
Broccoli is a crop that is in season 27/7/365.25

Commercially frozen broccoli is readily available 24/7/365.25 as well.

And broccoli (fresh or frozen) is always pretty much the same price
24/7/365.25

That's a good part of why broccoli is one of the silliest of home gardening
crops.