Summer Cooking, Broccoli Furnishes Vitamin A

Listen to Nutrition host Iva Bennett.

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Good morning broccoli is one vegetable I like to talk about perhaps that's because I like it so well myself and know what an excellent vegetable it is from the nutritive standpoint it's good either all are cooked put some or all broccoli buds and cauliflower far it's on your order tray and you're really stray and you'll be surprised how fast they will disappear. Broccoli is exceptionally high in vitamin A it furnishes some of the B. vitamins too in addition to tasting good it's also good for you to cook Rockaway wash it carefully in warm water several times cut off only the course and Bobi part that may be tough and only the very tough leaves. With a knife cut out the cut the stalks lengthwise once or twice show that they will tender along with the budge I like to cook broccoli upright in a pot in the small amount of actively boiling water a deep pot like a double boiler is a good one place about one cup of water and a half teaspoon of salt in the pot bring the water to a boil and stand the broccoli in it then cover the pot tightly so that the broccoli will steam cook only until it's tender at about ten or fifteen minutes if a pressure sharp span is used could only about one half minute after the fifteen lb pressure is reached reduce the pressure immediately and as overcooking will ruin the broccoli cook broccoli is good with just butter and a lemon sauce are with a medium cream sauce or an egg sauce or cheese sauce or hollandaise broccoli Romana style as given in the talisman tartan cookbook is excellent it includes olive oil garlic red dry wine are salt and pepper. Another favorite way of cooking broccoli Italian style is to drain the cooked broccoli well and sauté it in all of oil until it's delicately Brown then sprinkle it with parmesan cheese and serve it hot when you serve broccoli add a bit of lemons you wish are really a girl with salt and pepper to your steamed broccoli and you'll enjoy it I'm sure broccoli should retain its deep green color its natural flavor and its Chris texture even when it's cooked and do not over cook it a good low cost me all with a combination of foods most people like is it tomato cheese rarebit on toast with buttered broccoli make potato for dessert There's a fruit Betty with lemon sauce milk for children and the adults who want it I've prepared to receive these for you including those I've mentioned to get your copy just write the word broccoli on a postcard and mail it to me I have a ban it here at W N Y C and New York seven New York. Get your supply of vitamin A from broccoli for a change Sir Rockley roller cocked and give your family a treat diaper fair preparing it in a variety of ways send for your copy of the broccoli recipes today thank you and good morning until tomorrow morning at ten of nine.