On 7/10/2015 11:03 PM, Gary wrote:
> Xeno wrote:
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>> On 7/10/2015 7:41 PM, Ophelia wrote:
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>>> "Xeno" > wrote in message
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>>>> On 7/10/2015 12:05 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>>>>> On 10/5/2015 11:43 PM, sf wrote:
>>>>>> On Mon, 5 Oct 2015 10:30:56 -0700 (PDT), dsi1 >
>>>>>> wrote:
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>>>>>>> I bought some choy sum at the L&L down the street. It was tasty so I
>>>>>>> asked the guy how he prepared the dish. I assumed that he steamed it
>>>>>>> but he boiled it in some salted water. That's it. Dead simple. It was
>>>>>>> served with a sauce of shoyu, and a little bit of oyster sauce and
>>>>>>> vinegar. It's sublime stuff but quite simple.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I bet it barely hit the water before he took it out.
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I was surprised he didn't steam the choy sum. Chinese people love to
>>>>> steam everything. He told me that you lose lots of vitamins in the steam
>>>>> so he boils it. He told me to boil it until it's done. I boiled mine for
>>>>> about 5 minutes. It comes out fine.
>>>>
>>>> I was always told you lose less when steaming, not more. Boiling loses
>>>> lots of vitamins.
>>>
>>> Yes, they leech into the water.
>>>
>>>
>> Yes.... that is what I was told. Effectively wasted.
>
> Unless....
>
> Whenever I cook broccoli, I steam it. But instead of using the steamer
> set up, I use a small 1 quart pot. I fill a coffee cup with water and
> put that in the saucepan, then I add the broccoli and 3/4 of it is
> above the little bit of water. The bottom 1/4 broccoli gets boiled,
> the rest gets steamed.
>
> Once cooked and drained into a coffee cup. I enjoy mostly steamed
> broccoli and a cup of 'broccoli tea' which is very tasty.
>
I do the same but all my broccoli is above the water. No boiled
broccoli. I do the same with specific other vegetables as well. Some
vegetables just don't produce a nice palatable 'tea'.

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Xeno