BRASSICAS
Submitted 2 months ago by fossilesque@mander.xyz to science_memes@mander.xyz
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rbos@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
_hovi_@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Always a relevant xkcd, isn’t there
don@lemm.ee 2 months ago
And every one fucking delicious
lvxferre@mander.xyz 2 months ago
People have some hate boner against Brussels sprouts, but damn - if you know how to prepare them, they’re delicious.
Bytemeister@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Look, anything pan fried with butter, salt, black pepper, bacon and a little white wine is going to taste great…
Thelie@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
I’ve had this discussion before, had the “proper way” of preparing them explained to me and made them according to these instructions. Turns out, I just don’t like the taste. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
Psythik@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Sliced in half and deep fried—in case anyone was wondering.
Emmie@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I actually prefer to eat them raw. A cup a day before sleeping
BedSharkPal@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Wait, but I put mustard on my broccoli…
grue@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Yo dawg, I heard you like mustard…
GrammarPolice@lemmy.world 2 months ago
High key
The_v@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Mustard the condiments is from the seeds of different species. There are two types, oriental Brassica juncea and white mustard _Sinapsis alba _ that can be used.
Brassica juncea has been cultivated for a long time. With lots of different cultivars.
cypherpunks@lemmy.ml 2 months ago
i am reporting this post for promulgating misinformation. this meme has some truth in it, in that these six vegetables are all brassica oleracea. but, the factoid in the center of the meme is false: brassica oleracea can be many things but (despite brassicaceae being “the mustard and cabbage family”) brassica oleracea is NOT actually ever called “wild mustard plant”.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 2 months ago
Tagged & linked comment. :)
Etterra@discuss.online 2 months ago
Except that it’s not the wild mustard plant. It’s the wild cabbage plant. Wild mustard is totally different.
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org 2 months ago
Srsly. What is this bullshit.
ThatGuy46475@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Does this mean I can put mustard on things instead of eating all these vegetables?
Rozz@lemmy.sdf.org 2 months ago
See, I like vegetables!
Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
This is news to me, but I was always kind of onto cauliflower just being albino broccoli, so not too surprised there.
FiskFisk33@startrek.website 2 months ago
We eat like 2 plants total. One is brassica mentioned above.
The other one is nightshade. In the nightshade family we find tomatos, aubergine, tobacco, peppers, physalis, potatoes and of course the extremely toxic bell-donna (deadly nightshade)
Scrollone@feddit.it 2 months ago
Just a small correction: you missed an “a” in belladonna.
jol@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
Doesn’t sound like a complete diet
KeenFlame@feddit.nu 2 months ago
We also eat like two animals, sea insects and variants of dog
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Weird how mustard tastes so good yet the cultivars of this particular species all taste horrible to me.
tyler@programming.dev 2 months ago
lol and I think they all taste bad.
Psythik@lemm.ee 2 months ago
Y’all are wildin’. These are all my favorite vegetables.
The_v@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Made from a completely different species.
Sinapsis alba regular mustard.
Brassica juncea spicy mustard
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
i mean mustard (the condiment) is basically just a flavourful sugary starch paste, anything tastes good with 15 grams of sugar.
It’s also a completely different part of the plant, it’s like going “man i like apples but the seeds taste horrible! how odd”rumschlumpel@feddit.org 2 months ago
The mustard you’re eating seems to be quite different from mine. Mine has a whopping 2.6 grams of carbohydrates per 100g, some of brassica vegetables probably have more than that.
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
ancient and medieval europeans went through some shit
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
To all the veggie haters:
Broccoli recipe:
- Fry broccoli with paprika and small pieces of meat or tofu in a pan until brown.
- Add water and seasonings.
- Steam to desired hardness.
- Serve with rice or couscous.
Cauliflower recipe:
- Make brown butter by heating up butter and adding breadcrumbs to soak it up.
- Serve it on enough steamed cauliflower to justify the amount of brown butter you are about to eat.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Hard no. Extremely hard no. This is the kind of crap our parents would make and serve.
For anyone with taste buds, let’s be abundantly clear on something: steaming vegetables is perhaps the WORST way to cook them.
Unless you are eating them raw, or using them as an ingredient in a larger dish, almost all vegetables should be roasted/grilled to bring out and caramelize their natural sugars. Steaming them leaves you with unflavorful mush. Like you’re cooking the soul out of them and leaving only a sad memory of what they could have been.
lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
Hard no. Extremely hard no. This is the kind of crap our parents would make and serve.
For anyone with taste buds, let’s be abundantly clear on something: steaming vegetables is perhaps the WORST way to cook them.
I’m sorry your parents were terrible cooks. Steamed veggies can be very delicious what done right, and it’s not that difficult to do.
Jax@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acrylamide
This is just patently false. Steaming vegetables preserves more nutrients than both boiling and grilling. Plus, anything caramelized has Acrylamide in it.
morbidcactus@lemmy.ca 2 months ago
Sprouts do well with Braising, this is roughly how I do them, based on a whim that turned out fantastic.
- Halve and clean your sprouts, salt and pepper them
- Sear cut side down in oil of your choice. Bacon is the classic but absolutely not required if you want to do it vegan, maybe use some smoked paprika to get the smokey flavour, add aromatics like garlic near the end, it burns easy.
- Deglaze with balsamic vinegar, add enough liquid to just barely cover the bottom of the pan, cover and simmer until happy.
I know sprouts are far less bitter than they were when I was a kid, but I legit thought I disliked them. Borrowed a lot from braised cabbage recipes, just with a bit more aggressive browning. The sprouts hold up really well to longer cooking IMO (can’t say the same to leeks, braised leeks are great, but not how I did them, turned into a textural nightmare), they’re amazing hot or cold.
AdrianTheFrog@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Or, the Italian way: simmer garlic in a pan with olive oil, throw in the vegetables and a bit of water, throw in some salt, cover, cook until soft, check occasionally that it isn’t burning
LSNLDN@slrpnk.net 2 months ago
My recent favourite is broccoli roasted until crispy, so good. Before then it was crispy kale but as we all know it’s basically the same plant
kameecoding@lemmy.world 2 months ago
This amateur stuff mate.
Here is a good one, Mashed cauliflower:
- Boil cauliflower
- submerge mixer with some milk
- enjoy the smoothest mash you have ever tried
Roasted anything (brussel spouts, broccoli, cauliflower, green beans, asparagus)
- Coat in olive oil, salt, garlic powder
- air fry or roast
Enjoy awesome tasting veggies.
Veggie rice(white rice is for sushi goddamnit)
- Satuee some onions, garlic
- add some cut up bell peppers, tomatoes
- cook for a while
- add frozen peas and carrots and a choice of frozen vegetables (broccoli or green beans)
- add water and bring to a boil
- add the rice and simmer it for the prescribed time +1-2 minutes
- let it sit for 10 minutes
Enjoy a rice full of veggies and color ( I also use a “curry” mix that’s turmeric, koriander and a bunch of other stuff that gives it a nice yellow color, and this way you have your rice and veggies in one and they enhance each other’s flavor.
tetrachromacy@lemmy.world 2 months ago
mustard on the beat, yo
belated_frog_pants@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Wow, 7 bad flavors out of one plant. What a record
Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
They’re delicious if cooked properly. I’m a lazy bastard and just microwave steam my cauliflower and broccoli though.
match@pawb.social 2 months ago
how much bacon fat is required to turn it delicious
f5xs_bhw0a@beehaw.org 2 months ago
scientific name uppercase species not even underlined or italicized
Kolanaki@pawb.social 2 months ago
And the only thing that tastes good is the seeds. SMH
ignotum@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Animals turn into crab, plant turn outfrom cabbage
remon@ani.social 2 months ago
Damn these healthy GMOs!
TimewornTraveler@lemm.ee 2 months ago
I have an opinion on all of these foods!
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Triangle of U is best triangle.
BeanGoblin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 months ago
Always has been.
jabathekek@sopuli.xyz 2 months ago
Wait… it’s all mustard?
Late2TheParty@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Always has been.
CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
How? Like… literally how?
I grow kale and it looks nothing like the plant in the OP. It looks like a regular bunch of kale.
Or is this like “all 6 vegetables come from one main vegetable”, kind of like how all citrus fruits comes from citron.
Malgas@beehaw.org 2 months ago
🔫🌼 Always has been.
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 2 months ago
cabbage, to be more accurate