tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post1629499417352308042..comments2024-03-27T15:26:53.389-04:00Comments on Culinary in the Desert: Spicy Pasta with Broccoli...Joehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12900263145684208002noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-67859219810270850872009-06-22T23:15:16.353-04:002009-06-22T23:15:16.353-04:00Jeph - Thanks for the tips! Plenty of think about...Jeph - Thanks for the tips! Plenty of think about for next year.<br /><br />Quinn - And it was!Joehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12900263145684208002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-18613179136535229112009-06-18T19:21:25.990-04:002009-06-18T19:21:25.990-04:00Looks yummy!
QuinnLooks yummy!<br /><br />QuinnAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14099844.post-7747469017505348552009-06-18T09:05:42.649-04:002009-06-18T09:05:42.649-04:00Mmmm - or thinly sliced chicken breast could go in...Mmmm - or thinly sliced chicken breast could go in and get sauteed with garlic.<br /><br />Head's up - you MAY find broccoli's not worth growing unless you can dedicate enough space to it, and if you're good about keeping the caterpillars out of it. I swore off it a few years after a few disappointing tries. For some reason I decided to try again this year, bought some transplants to put in (rather than starting from seed), and it's been a WONDERFUL spring for it. The mostly-cool weather had probably helped. And I had floating row covers over the broccoli for most of it's development, and that kept the cabbage white butterflies out of it, so no little green caterpillars in the broccoli heads when you cook them.<br /><br />And as a bonus - when you grow your own, you cut of the head of broccoli but leave the plant in place. It keeps putting out side-shoots of small florettes, and those, plus their stems, actually seem more tender than the one big head! Not a ton, but well worth leaving it in place.Jephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02843262392217281569noreply@blogger.com