On Apr 28, 7:01*am, "brooklyn1" > wrote:
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> 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.-

If economics were the primary reason for home gardening you'd be
right, but as you've often pointed out that's not why we garden.
Broccoli is a cool season crop here in SoCal and we grow it about
every other year. It makes a commanding presence in the plot and
always produces a harvest we feel good about. We happen to especially
like the stalks sliced for stirfries and salads and as dippers and the
broccoli heads that continue to grow after you harvest the central
head make smaller florets and more stalks. At least that's what we
tell ourselves...gardeners can be inventive if pushed to justify the
crops that make no economic sense.

As to the OP, we've frozen quite a bit of broccoli that had to be
harvested before we wanted to eat it. Our advice would be to blanch
it no more than half as long as the publications say and move it to
the ice bath immediately. The longer you blanch it, the limper the
ultimate product will be. -aem


-aem