"Xeno" > wrote in message
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> On 7/10/2015 11:03 PM, Gary wrote:
>> Xeno wrote:
>>>
>>> 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:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> 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'.

I steam all green veg.


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